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Congressional Gold Medal Recipients
William Henry Harrison and Isaac Shelby
William Henry Harrison b. Berkeley, Charles City, Virginia, 9 February 1773
d. Washington, D.C., 4 April 1841
Isaac Shelby b. near North Mountain, Frederick, Maryland, 11 December 1750
d. Traveler's Rest, Lincoln, Kentucky, 18 July 1826
Saturday, 4 April 1818 Resolution directing medals to be struck, and, together with the thanks of Congress, presented to Major General Harrison, and Governor Shelby; and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the thanks of Congress be, and they are hereby, presented to Major General William Henry Harrison, and Isaac Shelby, late governor of Kentucky, and, through them, to the officers and men under their command, for their gallantry and good conduct in defeating the combined British and Indian forces under Major General Proctor, on the Thames, in Upper Canada, on the fifth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, capturing the British army, with their baggage, camp equipage and artillery; and that the President of the United States be requested to cause two gold medals to be struck, emblematical of this triumph, and presented to General Harrison, and Isaac Shelby, late Governor of Kentucky. 3 Stat. 476
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