Elmer, Ebenezer, 1752-1843
Variant namesU.S. Army officer, U.S. representative from New Jersey, physician, and college president.
From the description of Ebenezer Elmer correspondence, 1801-1803. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009905
Physician, served as surgeon in Continental army; Congressman from New Jersey, 1801-07.
From the description of Medical account book : Bridgeton, N.J., 1784 Sept. 24-1785 May 15. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28985716
Ebenezer Elmer was a Cumberland County, N.J., physician.
From the description of Daybooks, 1790-1802. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122645106
Physician, of Cumberland County, New Jersey; studied medicine under his brother Jonathan, 1774-1775; participated in tea burning protest at Greenwich, 1774; contributed to "Plain Dealer," a holograph newsletter (posted weekly in a Bridgeton tavern, December 1775-February 1776) which espoused the rebelling colonists' cause; served in the Continental Army, 1776-1783; practiced medicine at Bridgeton, 1783-1789 (and later?); served in New Jersey Assembly, 1789-1791, 1793-1795, 1817 and 1819 (including three years as speaker) and on New Jersey Council, 1807; served in U.S. House of Representatives, 1801-1807; served as New Jersey Adjutant General, 1804; commanded Cumberland Brigade, New Jersey Militia, 1806-1814 (and later?); twice appointed collector of customs at Bridgeton and served 1808-1817 and 1822-1832.
From the description of Papers, 1774-1814 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122525586
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| associatedWith | Bloomfield, Joseph, 1753-1823. | person |
| associatedWith | Dayton, Jonathan, 1760-1824. | person |
| associatedWith | Deerfield (N.J. : Township) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Deerfield (N.J. : Township). | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Elizabethtown Library Company (N.J.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Elmer, Jonathan, 1745-1817. | person |
| associatedWith | Ely, Edwin A., 1836-1927, | person |
| associatedWith | Emmet, Thomas Addis | person |
| associatedWith | Hopewell (Cumberland County, N.J. : Township) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Houghton Library. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Medicine | person |
| associatedWith | Shreve, Israel, 1739-1799. | person |
| associatedWith | Society of St. Tammany. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | United States. Army. New Jersey Infantry | corporateBody |
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Person
Birth 1752-08-23
Death 1843-10-18
