Helen Lanier collection of William Ellery papers (RLC.Ms.567)

This collection consists of three items relating to William Ellery. The first two are true copies written by William Ellery concerning legal matters. The undated document is a copy of a plea between Ann Maylem and Stephen Low, the defendant. The second item is a copy of a resolution in which the state of Rhode Island determined that Treasurer, Joseph Clarke (1719-1792), should appropriate money equal to one year’s interest on certificates of payment due to officers and soldiers of Colonel Jeremiah Olney’s (1749-1812) battalion that fought in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Lastly, there is one letter from Ellery, in his capacity of collector of the port of Newport, to Richard Forrest of Washington, D.C., concerning a Washington-bound package found on board the armed Schooner Expedition. This letter is pasted to a piece of paper, which also includes a copy of an undated drawing of William Ellery.