Portrait and biographical album of Sangamon County, Illinois . ILLIAM HENRY HARRI-SON, the ninth President ofthe United States, was bornat Berkeley, Va., Feb. 9, father, Benjamin Harri-son, was in comparatively op-ulent circumstances, and wasone of the most distinguishedmen of his day. He was anintimate friend of GeorgeWashington, was early electeda member of the ContinentalCongress, and was conspicuousamong the patriots of Virginia inresisting the encroachments of theBritish crown. In the celebratedCongress of 1775, Benjamin Har-rison and John Hancock wereboth candidates for the offi

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Portrait and biographical album of Sangamon County, Illinois . ILLIAM HENRY HARRI-SON, the ninth President ofthe United States, was bornat Berkeley, Va., Feb. 9, father, Benjamin Harri-son, was in comparatively op-ulent circumstances, and wasone of the most distinguishedmen of his day. He was anintimate friend of GeorgeWashington, was early electeda member of the ContinentalCongress, and was conspicuousamong the patriots of Virginia inresisting the encroachments of theBritish crown. In the celebratedCongress of 1775, Benjamin Har-rison and John Hancock wereboth candidates for the office ofs[)eaker. Mr Harrison was subsequentlychosen Governor of Virginia, andwas twice re-elected. His son,William Henry, of course enjoyedin childhood all the advantages which wealth andintellectual and cultivated society could give. received a thorough common-school education, heentered Hampden Sidney College, where he graduatedwith honor soor; the death of his father. Hein&w repaired to Philadelphia to study medicine underthe instruction

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