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First Lady – Anna Harrison Collection

• The Anna Harrison commemorative bronze coin collection is a great way to honor the first lady of William Henry Harrison.
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• These full color collections will walk you through the life and times of the former first ladies in a way you've never before seen.

Product DescriptionThe Anna Harrison commemorative bronze coin collection is a great way to honor the first lady of William Henry Harrison. This full color collection walks you through the life and times of the former first lady in a way you've never before seen.

These commemorative bronze coin collections are a great way to honor the first ladies of the founding fathers.

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First Lady - Anna Harrison Collection

First Spouse Gold Anna Harrison 2009

Here are the first pictures of the 2009 designs from the US mint of the First Spouse Gold Coins they where just release December 23 2008. You will be the first to view them here.

Anna Harrison First Spouse $10 Gold Coin
First Lady, 1841

Although born in relative prosperity in New Jersey, Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison lived most of her life as a pioneer in the Ohio and Indiana frontier territories, following her husband, William Henry Harrison, during his long military and political career. William was frequently away for long stretches of time, and she cared for their business ventures and their ten children alone. Relations with the local Native Americans were tense, and the threat of attack was ever-present. Even with these dangers, she was an able hostess who cooked and served meals for soldiers, dignitaries and American Indian leaders alike. Councils with local Native Americans were frequently held in her home, and their encampments set up on her front lawn.

Harrison was well-educated for a woman of her era, having attended the best schools for girls in the northeast. In fact, she was the first presidential spouse with a documented formal education and had a lifelong love of learning. An avid reader, she especially enjoyed any political journals and newspapers she could find on the frontier.

Before she could arrive in Washington to join her husband at the White House, President Harrison died on April 4, 1841. It was just one month after he became gravely ill after his one-hour and forty-minute inaugural address delivered in the blustery March wind.

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