Scope and Contents Back in Hillsboro, Richards recounts the trip from Cincinnati, especially an "introduction" to William Henry Harrison: ". . .he is a small, slim, round shouldered man, grey headed with bright black eyes & great shaggy eye brows. . . ." He also describes a celebration of Harrison's victory: "We had a grand illumination last night in honor of Old Tip's election that is every Whig in town, & I thought we did tolerably well considering we stand 3 V B to 2 Whigs here, Van [Buren] has our...