1786 DECLARATION INDEPENDENCE SIGNER WILLIAM ELLERY RHODE ISLAND DEED DOCUMENT

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[DELCLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNERS, COLONIAL RHODE ISLAND ]
On offer here is a
RARE AND ORIGINAL PETITION LAND DEED SIGNED BY
RHODE ISLAND DECLARATION SIGNER WILLIAM ELLERY
.
This document which is a land deed between Robert Stevens and Theodore Hopkins is dated in 1786 and concerns a plot of land (including wharfs) in the city of Newport Rhode Island. The deed measures 13.25 in x 17 in and is in excellent condition as shown. The signatures appear on the document verso and Stevens has affixed a wax seal next to his name.
The more important signature of William Ellery appears beneath his brother in law (?) William Channing, the father of the noted Unitarian preacher.
A great opportunity to get an authentic signature of a
SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
on a document signed before the ratification of the
US CONSTITUTION
.
An uncommon and important collecting opportunity.
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William Ellery (December 22, 1727 – February 15, 1820)
was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Rhode Island. In 1764, the Baptists consulted with Ellery and Congregationalist Reverend Ezra Stiles on writing a charter for the college that became Brown University. Ellery and Stiles attempted to give control of the college to the Congregationalists, but the Baptists withdrew the petition until it was rewritten to assure Baptist control. Neither Ellery nor Stiles accepted appointment to the reserved Congregationalist seats on the board of trustees.
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