ANNA HARRISON -1844 Autograph Letter Signed

Autographs1844 Letter Signed Anna Harrison Widow of President William Henry Harrison

ANNA HARRISON, Wife of President William Henry Harrison.
September 10, 1844, Autograph Letter Signed, "A Harrison" in brown ink on a doublesided page, North Bend, 2 pages, front and back, 10" x 7.75", Very Fine. Anna Harrison's letters are quite rare. This letter is addressed to a "Mrs Carman," complaining about her poor health and speaking of general social affairs of her friends.

Anna Harrison (1775-1864), was wife of President William Henry Harrison and grandmother of President Benjamin Harrison. She was nominally First Lady of the United States during her husband's one-month term in 1841, but she never entered the White House. When William was inaugurated in 1841, Anna was detained by illness at their home in North Bend. She decided not to accompany him to Washington. President-elect Harrison asked his daughter-in-law Jane Irwin Harrison, widow of his namesake son, to accompany him and act as hostess until Anna's proposed arrival in May. Half a dozen other relatives happily went with them. On April 4, exactly one month after his inauguration, President Harrison died. Anna was packing for the move to the White House when she learned of William's death in Washington, so she never made the journey.

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