William Henry Harrison

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Missing Sword Used by Late US President Found, Maybe

A Late President,
a Sword, and a Mystery

Nov 7, 2019 8:28 AM CST

A Late President, a Sword, and a Mystery

Cops says weapon used by William Henry Harrison was recovered; historian says no

(Newser) - A sword believed to have seen action in the American Revolution, been wielded by eventual President William Henry Harrison in the War of 1812, and gone missing from a Cincinnati museum is now said to be recovered after 40 years, though one historian refutes the claim. Fox News reports on...

President
Harrison
Didn't Die How
We Thought

President Harrison Didn't Die How We Thought

New diagnosis: It wasn't pneumonia from inauguration; it was illness from sewage

(Newser) - The history books tell us that William Henry Harrison died just a month after taking office in 1841 because he caught pneumonia while delivering a too-long inaugural address in lousy weather. Now, modern epidemiology is revising the diagnosis. In the New York Times , Jane McHugh and Philip Mackowiak write that...

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