Days Before The Signing Of The Treaty Of Greenville, Future President William Henry Harrison Authorizes Rations Sent To The Potawatomi

WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON (1773-1841). Harrison was the nineth and shortest-serving President. He held office for only a month. (POTAWATOMI NATION). A Native-American nation from the Great Lakes area, especially Michigan and Wisconsin, the Potawatomi belonged to the Northwestern Confederacy. This was an association of nations that formed after the American Revolution to protect their interests against those of the new United States. The Confederacy battled U.S. forces in the Northwest Indian War of 1786-95, which ended in defeat for its native participants. The Treaty of Greenville ended the war and forced the Confederacy to accept American governmental rulership and the loss of lands. The Potawatomi were involved in the fur trade and other trading. ADS. 1pg. [Fort] Greenville, [Ohio]. July 25, 1795. An autograph document signed “Wm. H. Harrison” as aide-de-camp to Major General Anthony Wayne. It reads “The commissary will issue for the Putawatimies [sic] forty five pounds of flour & beef. Wm H Harrison”. This brief military document was written just a few days before the Treaty of Greenville, named for this same Ohio fort, formally ended the Northwestern Confederacy. Harrison had served in the war’s final battle and would sign the treaty as Wayne’s witness. It is in very good condition with a small hole.