The Life of Major-General William Henry Harrison
Comprising a Brief Account of His Important Civil and Military Services, and an Accurate Description of the Council at Vincennes with Tecumseh, As Well As the Victories of Tippecanoe, Fort Meigs and the Th
Description:... Excerpt from The Life of Major-General William Henry Harrison: Comprising a Brief Account of His Important Civil and Military Services, and an Accurate Description of the Council at Vincennes With Tecumseh, as Well as the Victories of Tippecanoe, Fort Meigs and the Thames He was a member of the first Continental Congress, which assembled in Philadelphia on the 5th of September, 1774. It is well known that the proceedings of this body were conciliatory and pacific in their character. They adopted an address to the Crown, and resolved to await quietly its effect.
In the year 1775, Mr. Harrison again appeared as a delegate from Virginia, in the Continental Congress.
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