Manuscript DS, signed at the conclusion "Wm H. Harrison A. d. C." one page 6.75 x 3.75, 1794. Military provision, in full, ordering two days of rations for a party of three men belonging to Fort Recovery in Ohio, now at Greeneville Ohio, for their return commencing the 16th and ending the 17th of Feb 1794. Central horizontal and vertical folds and a rough right edge, otherwise fine condition with an excellent, bold signature. Harrison became aide-de-camp to General ‘Mad Anthony’ Wayne in 1793 and fought in the Indian Wars that began on June 30, 1794. He also took part in an expedition that erected Fort Recovery on the battlefield where St. Clair had been defeated two years earlier. In 1813, he defeated the British and Indians in the Battle of the Thames, in which Tecumseh was killed. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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