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{{Infobox Governor
|name = Benjamin Harrison V
|image = Benharrv.JPG
|order = 5th
|office = Governor of Virginia
|term_start = 1781
|term_end = 1784
|lieutenant =
|predecessor = [[Thomas Nelson, Jr.]]
|successor = [[Patrick Henry]]
|birth_date = April 5, 1726
|birth_place = [[Charles City County, Virginia]]
|death_date = April 24, 1791 (aged 65)
|death_place = [[Charles City County, Virginia]]
|party =[[Federalist]]
|spouse =[[Anne Harrison]]
|profession =Lawyer,Politician

|signature = Benjamin Harrison signature.png
}}
'''Benjamin Harrison V''' (April 5, 1726– April 24, 1791) was an [[Americans|American]] [[American Revolution|revolutionary]] leader from [[Charles City County, Virginia]]. He was educated at the [[College of William and Mary]]. Harrison was a representative for [[Surry County, Virginia]] (1756-1758) and Charles City County (1766-1776) to the [[House of Burgesses]]. He was a [[Virginia]] delegate to the [[Continental Congress]] from 1774 to 1777, signed the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]], and was [[Governor of Virginia]] from 1781 to 1784.

== Benjamin Harrison V Media ==
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File:Williamsburg Virginia Court House.jpg|The [[Courthouse (Colonial Williamsburg)|Williamsburg Courthouse]]. Harrison helped raise the funds to purchase the courthouse for the city.

File:Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia, USA, May 2015.jpg|[[Carpenters' Hall]], location of the First Continental Congress

File:Independence Hall Clocktower in Philadelphia.jpg|Independence Hall hosted the Second Continental Congress.

File:Declaration of Independence (1819), by John Trumbull.jpg|''[[Declaration of Independence (Trumbull)|Declaration of Independence]]'' by [[John Trumbull]], Harrison is seated at the table far left.

File:Seal of the United States Board of War and Ordnance.svg|Seal of the United States Board of War and Ordnance, created in 1778. It was used by the U.S. War Department until 1880. Can be found in Edward S. Ellis, Ellis's History of the United States (Minneapolis: Wester Book Syndicate, 1899) II:522.

File:Berkeley plantation harrison home.jpg|Berkeley Plantation, Harrison family homestead in Charles City County, Virginia
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== Other websites ==
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* [http://www.colonialhall.com/harrison/harrison.php Biography by Rev. Charles A. Goodrich, 1856] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426153425/http://colonialhall.com/harrison/harrison.php |date=2014-04-26 }}
* {{Find a Grave|2784}}
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;Archival Records
*[http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/lva/vi01972.xml.frame A Guide to the Executive Papers of Governor Thomas Nelson, Jr., 1781 June 12-November 22] at [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ The Library of Virginia]

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| title= [[Governor of Virginia]]
| years= 1781–1784
| after= [[Patrick Henry]]
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