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- GLC#
- GLC02300.18-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- March 4, 1806
- Author/Creator
- Ellery, William, 1727-1820
- Title
- to George Wanton Ellery
- Place Written
- Newport, Rhode Island
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 17 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Written to his son at Captain Barney's School in Wickford, Rhode Island. Discusses general subjects of study in mathematics, astronomy and geography. Also makes reference to the re-election of President Thomas Jefferson and related celebrations. He remarks: "Public days are not celebrated with such animation as they formerly were..." Asks George to ask Mr. Updike to look out for a servant for Ellery. He would like "a black boy about 14 years old, who is good tempered, active, and tractable, who knows how to take care of a horse or cow, and how to milk, and who is faithful and honest. I want such a one very much." A Member of the Continental Congress from 1776 until 1785, William Ellery was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was Collector of the Port of Newport from 1790 until 1820.
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