Description
First edition of A Discourse on the Aborigines of the Valley of the Ohio by William Henry Harrison, published in 1838 in Cincinnati, with the original plain wrappers.
Octavo, [1]-51pp, [fold-out map]. Publisher’s plain wrappers, bound at spine with string. Light foxing throughout, notable on title page and first ten leaves. From the library of Josiah Kirby Lilly Jr, President of Eli Lilly and Company and benefactor of the Lilly Library at Indiana University. This work includes his bookplate on the chemise. Housed in custom cloth chemise, title on red morocco label affixed to spine. Fold-out map of the Ohio and Miami Rivers at rear, in near fine condition, short closed tear at fold. Map includes the Harrison property in North Bend, Ohio.
(Howes H245) (Sabin 30571) (Field 660) (Thomson 514)
The only published work from the ninth President of the United States, William Henry Harrison.
William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) served as the governor of the Indiana Territory from 1801-1812. While governor, he negotiated numerous treaties with the Native Americans in the area, greatly reducing their territory and stoking resentment against the United States. His antagonism culminated in the Battle of Tippecanoe against the Shawnee Indians in 1811. This battle and the War of 1812 made Harrison a household name and propelled him to the White House in 1841.
