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Title |
1811 letter from Joseph Hamilton Daviess to Vincennes Masonic Lodge |
Object Name |
Correspondence |
Catalog Number |
2025.0031 |
People |
Daviess, Joseph Hamilton Harrison, William Henry Reiners, William Allen Tecumseh |
Date |
1811 |
Scope & Content |
Copy of a September 3, 1811 letter from Joseph Hamilton Daviess (1774-1811) postmarked in Lexington, Kentucky to the "Worshipful Master" at the Masonic Lodge in Vincennes, Indiana. Included is a copy of the envelope in which the letter was mailed. Joseph Daviess, an attorney and Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge in Kentucky, wrote he would be in Vincennes between September 18 to 20 "to enter upon the campaign" and was wanting to inspect the Vincennes Masonic Lodge. The campaign he referred to was likely the military effort being planned by William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), Governor of the Indiana Territory, against a multi-tribal, Indian community at Prophetstown near present day Lafayette, Indiana. Prophetstown was established in 1808 by Tecumseh (1768-1813), a Shawnee chief and warrior, who called upon the different Indian tribes to work together to resist expansion of American settlers onto Native American lands. In 1811 Daviess joined Governor Harrison's army as a major commanding Kentucky volunteers. He was killed at the Battle of Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811 leading a cavalry charge. Governor Harrison's troops were victorious and Prophetstown was destroyed. In addition to Daviess County, Indiana, counties in Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri have been named for Major Daviess. |
Search Terms |
Masonic Lodge Daviess Family |