Portrait and biographical album of Washtenaw County, Michigan, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States . dent Washington. He was then but ig years that time he passed gradually upward in rankuntil he became aid to General Wayne, after whosedeath he resigned his commission. He was then ap-pointed Secretary of the Nortli-western Territory. TliisTerritory .vas then entitled to but one member inCongress and Capt. Harrison was chosen to fill tliatpositi
Portrait and biographical album of Washtenaw County, Michigan, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States . dent Washington. He was then but ig years that time he passed gradually upward in rankuntil he became aid to General Wayne, after whosedeath he resigned his commission. He was then ap-pointed Secretary of the Nortli-western Territory. TliisTerritory .vas then entitled to but one member inCongress and Capt. Harrison was chosen to fill tliatposition. In the of 1800 the North-western Territorywas divided by Congress into two portions. Theeastern portion, comprising the region embracedin the State of Ohio, was called The Territorynorth-west of the t)hio. The western portion, whichincluded what is now called Indiana, Illinois andWisconsin, was called the Indiana Territory. William Henry Harrison, then 27 years of age, was a|)pointed by John Adams, Governor of the IndianaTerritory, and immediately after, also Governor ofUpper Louisiana. He was thus ruler over almost asextensive a realm as any sovereign ujxjn the globe. Hewas Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and was in
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