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Introducing an Indiana Territorial Judge William Henry Harrison, 26 September 1803 HARRISON, William Henry (1773-1841). Letter signed (“Willm Henry Harrison”) as Governor of the Indiana Territory to Charles (Don Carlos) DeHault Delassus (1764-1846), Lieutenant Governor of Upper Louisiana, Vincennes, 26 September 1803. One page, 227 x 186mm with integral transmittal leaf addressed in his hand (small loss at bottom left corner, moderate toning). Harrison introduces Judge Davis. “I have great pleasure in introducing to your acquaintance my friend Mr. Davis, the Chief Justice of the Indiana Territory, who you will find in every respect worthy your attention and regard.” Thomas Terry Davis (d. 1807) was a three time Congressman from Kentucky before taking the post of Chief Justice for the Indiana Territory in February 1803. A week later, Davis would describe the territory to Thomas Jefferson "The People are wealthy & the Land rich. most of them are averse to the Cession of Louisiana to the U.S. but I think by a little attention & moderation they may be easily won over. They are affraid [sic] of the Liberation of their Slaves (of which they have great numbers). I advised them to petition Congress on the subject they have done so." (Davis to Jefferson, 3 October 1803 , The Papers of Thomas Jefferson Digital Edition , ed. James P. McClure and J. Jefferson Looney. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, Rotunda, 2008–2019) Provenance : Don Carlos Dehault Delassus – by descent to Emile Delassus — Armand Hawkins – sold to Alonzo J. Tullock, 1901 – by descent to the consignors.