Holcomb’s decades-long collecting journey fuels new presidential signatures exhibit

By: Casey Smith

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: March 23, 2026

Words: 1,232

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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In a glass case tucked on the top floor of the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site, a small, centuries-old document bears the hurried script of a young military aide authorizing rations for spies.

The aide would later become the ninth president of the United States.

For former Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, that fragment of history — signed by William Henry Harrison while serving as an aide-de-camp under Revolutionary War Gen. Anthony Wayne — is more than …

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