William Ellery

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William Ellery
William Ellery (December 22, 1727–February 15, 1820), was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Rhode Island.

The son of William Ellery, he was born in Newport. He worked first as a merchant, next as a customs collector, and lastly as Clerk of the Rhode Island General Assembly. He started the practice of law in 1770. He was active in the Rhode Island Sons of Liberty, and replaced Samuel Ward, who had died, in the Continental Congress in 1776.He became judge of the Supreme Court of Rhode Islandand by 1785 he had become an abolitionist. He was the first customs collector of the port of Newport under the Constitution, serving there until his death. Ellery was among the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Three of his descendants were William Ellery Channing, Richard Henry Dana and Edie Sedgwick. Ellery Avenue in Middletown, Rhode Island is named in his honor.
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A declaration of independence is an assertion of the independence of an aspiring state or states.
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State of Rhode Island General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. A bicameral body, it is composed of the lower Rhode Island House of Representatives with 75 Representatives, and the upper Rhode Island Senate with 38 Senators.
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Sons of Liberty was a secret organization of American Patriots which originated in the Thirteen Colonies before the American Revolution. British authorities and supporters known as Loyalists considered the Sons of Liberty as seditious rebels, and referred to them as "Sons of
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Samuel Ward (May 25, 1725 – March 26, 1776) was an American farmer, shop keeper, and statesman from Westerly, Rhode Island.
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The Continental Congress was the first national government of the United States. It comprised two successive bodies of representatives of provinces of the Thirteen Colonies in 18th century British North America:
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The Rhode Island Supreme Court is the court of last resort in the U.S. State of Rhode Island. It consists of a chief justice and four justices. The current Justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court are:

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This article is about declarations of independence in general. Specific declarations of independence are listed below in alphabetical order.


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William Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842) was the foremost Unitarian preacher in the United States in the early nineteenth century and, along with Andrews Norton, one of Unitarianism's leading theologians.
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Richard Henry Dana Jr. (August 1, 1815 - January 6, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician, and author of the book Two Years Before the Mast.

He was born into one of the first families of Cambridge, Massachusetts, grandson of Francis Dana, and attended Harvard
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Edith Minturn "Edie" Sedgwick (April 20 1943 – November 16 1971)[1] was an American actress, socialite, and heiress who starred in many of Andy Warhol's short films in the 1960s.
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