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William Henry Harrison: Indiana Territory
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On 1 August, Harrison wrote Eustis saying that he planned a mid-September march on Prophetstown without the 4th Regiment. The march was to be a demonstration of force encouraging the camp to break up for the winter. The 4th returned to the arsenal at Newport, Kentucky. Harrison had second thoughts a few days later, and said he would need the 4th after all. Colonel John P. Boyd was again ordered to Indiana, and Harrison went to Jeffersonville to await him. On 3 September, the 4th arrived in Jeffersonville and the decision of whether to move it forward by land or water had to be taken.
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On Oct. 3, 1799, the territory's first legislature elected Harrison to be its delegate to the U.S. Congress by a vote of 11-10. While in Congress, Harrison was made chairman of a committee for the revision of the public lands laws. This committee reported the Land Act of 1800, which facilitated the sale of public lands in the Northwest Territory.
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When the Northwest Territory was divided in 1800, President Adams appointed Harrison governor of the Indiana Territory. He moved his family to Vincennes, the territorial capital, and built Grouseland, a mansion similar to his birthplace. Here on the Wabash River he spent the most satisfying years of his life, serving as governor from January 1801 until December 1812.
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