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Letter from William Henry Harrison to Thomas Bodley, 2 November 1817

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Northbend 2nd. Novr. 1817

Dear Bodley

In searching amongst my papers forI found 12 letters from Col. Barber 11 of them written from St. Marys whilst he Commanded there

They are all in the most friendly stile & all but one commences "Dear Genl." Several conclude "yr. friend, so that he could not have thought so badly of the attempt I made to corrupt him until after his return home - I am really unable to recollect the circumstance to which Barbers letter to Winchester aludes - Why I should wish them to certify sign a Declaration that they were under my command & not under Winchesters I cannot [imagine] unless it was to enable me to reclaim them if I should think proper to march them to Indiana for which they were first destined - But at any rate there was not the smallest impropriety in the thing as they were really & truly exclusively under my command & not under that of Winchester - Barber Jennings & Porasur[?] were no more a part of Winchesters Command than they were Genl. Smiths -

I cannot find what day I arrived at St. Marys from Ft. Wayne But I know that you were there before me - I have found my order to Jennings Dated the 24th Sept. to march with his Regt. immediately to open the road & push our provisions to Defiance

Barber says he came to St. Marys by my

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