ALS signed “W. H. Harrison,” one page, 8 x 12.5, April 30, 1831. Letter to letter to Messrs. J & S Smith, penned on the reverse of a document relating to the dispersal of the of the personal effects of Harrison's eldest son, the late John Cleves Symmes Harrison, which names Clarissa Harrison and William H. Harrison as administrators. In part: "In answer to your letter of the 18th. Inst. I have to observe that I do not know exactly the situation of my claims to the ferry across the Wabash. My late son…always gave me to understand that he had secured the ferry to me and had reserved a lot on the river for that purpose. I shall be at Vincennes life & health permitting…but in the mean time if the affair should be pressing I authorize you…to make any expenditure with Davis." Reverse of first page signed by early Boone County settler Cave Johnson. In very good condition, with scattered toning, old tape along hinge and folds (with archival tape along the same areas on the reverse), a small repaired area of paper loss, and the bottom of the Harrison-signed sheet trimmed off.
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