William Ellery notebook

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

William Ellery notebook

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/915

Notebook kept by William Ellery containing: Maxims extracted from the Memoirs of the Cardinal De Retz; notes on Observations on the Govt. of the United States by the Abbe de Mably; notes on Helvetius on Man and his Education, notes on Plutarch's Lives; and Farrago, along with various quotations, notes, extracts and miscellany.

78 p

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6315932

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Ellery, William, 1727-1820

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m72b9r (person)

William Ellery (December 22, 1727 – February 15, 1820) was a Founding Father of the United States, one of the 56 signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, and a signer of the Articles of Confederation as a representative of Rhode Island. Born in Newport, Rhode Island, he received his early education from his father before graduating from Harvard College in 1747. After working as a merchant, customs collector, and as clerk of the Rhode Island General Assembly, Ellery started pr...