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WILLIAM ELLERY

William Ellery was an American statesman. He was born in 1727 at Rhode Island and died in 1820. He was chosen a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1776, and served on the board of admiralty, and the treasury and marine committees. He was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and continued, except in 1780 and 1782, a member of the Congress until 1786.
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