of Judge Symmes. General Wayne toasted the new Mrs. ioned after Harrison’s Berkeley birthplace, it was a Harrison as “the fairest bride in Northwest Territory.” large, well-appointed mansion with a ballroom and six Harrison swept Anna back to his quarters at Fort bedrooms. Here, as governor’s wife, Anna entertained Washington, where their first two children, Betsey Bas­ the streams of political and leading territorial figures sett and , would be born. who came to confer with Harrison, as there were no According to Harrison biographer Freeman Cleaves, other offices provided for him. Aaron Burr and General Symmes did not confront his new son-in-law until they Zachary Taylor were among those whom she met and met at a farewell celebration for Wayne two weeks later. entertained at . Anna did not mind acting “How do you expect to support my daughter?” the judge as hostess for six days of the week. However, she banned asked Harrison. “My sword is my means of support, all visitors on Sundays. Governor Harrison made no sir!” replied the proud lieutenant. attempt to go against her edict. “I have too much re­ In fact, Harrison was never able to support Anna in spect for the religion of my wife to encourage violation the manner that she had known. The Harrisons would of the Sabbath,” he said. be plagued with financial problems throughout their While at Grouseland, Harrison negotiated treaties marriage, and Anna would continue to face them as a with Indians that opened millions of acres of land to widow. white settlement. As the number of settlers mounted, The Harrisons first set up home in a log cabin in so too did the resentment of the Indians. Under the North Bend, , the cabin that would later become leadership of the Shawnee warrior Tecumseh and his the famous symbol of Harrison’s 1840 campaign. brother, the Prophet, a confederacy of Indians sought Anna’s only trip back East was made during her early to make valid only those treaties that were agreed to motherhood. In December 1799 she accompanied her by all the tribes. Twice, in 1810 and 1811, Harrison at­ husband to Philadelphia, then still the United States tempted to negotiate with Tecumseh at Grouseland, capital, where he was serving as the territorial delegate and though she left no record of such an incident, Anna in the House of Representatives. She also traveled to certainly must have gotten a close look at the living Virginia to meet Harrison’s relatives. It was in Rich­ Indian legend. mond that her third child, Lucy Singleton, was born. After the in November 1811, was appointed governor of with the prospect of a general war against the tribes in the by President John Adams in the Northwest looming, Anna took no chances. In the 1800, a position to which he was reappointed by presi­ summer of 1812, she took her eight children to Cincin- dents Jefferson and Madison. Three years later the Harrisons built their famous Indiana home, Grouse- land, in Vincennes. It was far from a log cabin. Fash­ Indiana Indiana Historical Society C4653

Silhouette of the Harrison family cut on 20 February 1841 by the famous silhouettist Auguste Edouart, during his brief stay in Washington, D.C. The figures are identified in Edouart's handwriting as, from left to right, , , Anna IHarrison) Taylor, William Henry Harrison, and “Mrs.” Harrison. Since Anna Harrison did not make the trip to Washington with her husband, “ Mrs. Harrison" may actually be Jane Irwin 24 Traces Harrison, widow of William Henry Harrison, Jr.