William Henry Harrison - HELP ME WRITE HISTORY!

  As a Democrat Abroad, I've commented previously on the sorry state of our Foreign Service around the world.  I have a new "duh" moment, and need a bit of help!!  I'm looking for dirt on William Henry Harrison, possibly soon to be honored with the naming of a new Embassy building in Latin America.  History buffs and sleuths, time to get to work!

  As an overseas teacher, I have been asked to research whether there is any dirt to be found on President William Henry Harrison's brief tenure as Envoy to Bogota, Colombia in 1829.  The embassy in Bogota is thinking of naming a building after him, and apparently the State Department doesn't know they have the entire U.S. government and the national archives at their disposal, so they asked a high school history teacher!

  A quick google search turns up lots of fluff biography pieces which demonstrate that Harrison was recalled by Jackson just prior to being declared persona non grata by President Simon Bolivar, somewhat of a hero in these parts.  Apparently he had several friends here who were somehow implicated in an assassination attempt on Bolivar and the actual assassination of Sucre in Ecuador.

  Chavez and his buddies seem to hold Harrison out as an example of imperialist meddling in Gran Colombia - several recent articles and Venezuelan propoganda sites have mentioned Harrison in recent months.

  Apparently, it's too much to ask that individuals representing the American people know how to google.

  All the same, it's my flag flying over the embassy, and I'd like to help avoid a "heckuva job" by U.S. officials on this continent this week if I can.  I'm limited to silly wikipedia type articles, and would appreciate citations from primary sources that I could offer to avoid an unnecessary international incident, if anyone has access to higher quality databases than encarta.

Thanks for taking a break from the candidate diaries!