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Ellery family correspondence : ALS, 1838-1861.
BANC MSS 2003/165 czLOCAL
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Title:
Ellery family correspondence : ALS, 1838-1861Creator/Contributor:
Ellery family., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Ellery, Christopher, -1851Creator/Contributor:
Ellery, George W., 1789-1867Creator/Contributor:
Dana, Richard Henry, Jr, 1815-1882Creator/Contributor:
Ellery, William.Abstract:
Contains correspondence written between George W. Ellery, and his wife, Mary Goddard Ellery, William Ellery, Richard Henry
Dana Jr., E.T. Channing, and David Wood. Correspondence concerns William Ellery's schooling, his early career aboard ship,
a poem on the death of President William Henry Harrison, a recommendation for William Ellery's service during the Civil War,
and documents concerning Christopher Ellery's death. Also includes a history of the sons of George W. Ellery.
Date:
1838 (issued)Subject:
n-us--- -- n-us-riEducation -- History -- 19th century
Merchant ships -- United States -- History
Éducation -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
Education
Merchant ships
Military operations, Naval
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations
Rhode Island -- History, Local
États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Opérations navales
Rhode Island -- Histoire locale
Rhode Island
United States
Hillary family
Harrison, William Henry -- 1773-1841
Hillary family
Harrison, William Henry -- 1773-1841
Note:
George W. Ellery born 24 Dec. 1789 in Newport, R.I. to Declaration of Independence signer William Ellery and second wife Abigail
Cary. He married Mary Goddard 13 Nov. 1825. Their first two sons, William and Christopher Ellery served on various ships in
the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Christopher Ellery died on an island of Maui 21 June 1851. William Ellery married Sarah Frances
Fitzgerald 23 May 1858 in San Francisco. William Ellery served the Union as a Captain during the Civil War. George W. Ellery
died 26 Jan. 1867 in Newport, R.I. It is unknown when William Ellery died.
Type:
family papers.History.
Local history.
Physical Description:
print
1 box and 1 oversize folder (.25 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2003/165 czLOCAL