Block, SkipCaptcha, Upload, Automoderated users, edit, move, protect, rollback
9,147
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 18:
Line 18: + + + + +
Early Life
President [[George Washington]] appointed him Chief Justice (1796–1800) of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] and in 1799, while serving, he traveled to [[Paris]] to negotiate a treaty to prevent war with [[France]]. [[John Adams]] described Ellsworth as "the firmest pillar" of the federal government during its earliest years.<ref>http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/Featured_Bio_Ellsworth.htm</ref>
President [[George Washington]] appointed him Chief Justice (1796–1800) of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] and in 1799, while serving, he traveled to [[Paris]] to negotiate a treaty to prevent war with [[France]]. [[John Adams]] described Ellsworth as "the firmest pillar" of the federal government during its earliest years.<ref>http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/Featured_Bio_Ellsworth.htm</ref>
==Early Life==
Oliver Ellsworth was the son of David and Jemimah Ellsworth, born at Windsor, Connecticut on the 29th day of April in the year 1745.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ub60K6aHNyQC&pg=PA57 The Life of Oliver Ellsworth]</ref>
His parents sent him to study with the well known Reverend Dr. [[Joseph Bellamy]] of Bethlehem, a friend of [[Jonathan Edwards]], famous as a preacher throughout New England, and known by his writings even in England and Scotland. Dr. Bellamy prepared the boy for college and in 1762, at the age of seventeen, Ellsworth entered Yale.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=22QoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA12 ]</ref>
==References==
==References==