Letter : [New York], to William Ellery, Newport, R.I., 1790 July 5.

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Letter : [New York], to William Ellery, Newport, R.I., 1790 July 5.

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Letter signed. Lear, Secretary to President George Washington, writes that he has included with this letter the commissions for the Surveyors of the Port of Delivery within the Newport district.

1 item (2 p.) ; 20 cm.

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Ellery, William, 1727-1820

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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...

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

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Lear became George Washington's private secretary in 1785 and for seven years was a member of the official family at Mount Vernon. After his first wife's death he married Frances Bassett Washington, who was Martha Washington's niece and the widow of George Washington's nephew George Augustine Washington. He later married another niece of Martha's, and served in a number of consular positions. 1762, Sept. 19 ...

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