"The fact is your name is introduction enough to any of the old inhabitants of Hoosierdom–the..." 11

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“The fact is your name is introduction enough to any of the old inhabitants of Hoosierdom–the old men of Indiana who have become patriots of your grandfather and loved him as they loved no other public man.”

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John Scott Harrison (1804-1878), the only son of a president to become father of a president.

March 25th, 1854

In a letter to his son Benjamin Harrison, who was moving to Indianapolis. The father wrote numerous letters of introduction, but asserted that none were needed in Old Tippecanoe’s backyard.

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