1777 dated Connecticut Fiscal Paper signed by Oliver Ellsworth and Jesse Root - Autograph - American Revolutionary War
Inv# AU1302 AutographJesse Root (December 28, 1736 – March 29, 1822) was an American minister and lawyer from Coventry, Connecticut. During the American Revolution, he served on the Connecticut Council of Safety and in the Connecticut militia. He was appointed as a lieutenant colonel in Peekskill in 1777 and eventually rose to the rank of Adjutant General of the Connecticut Line. Root was a delegate to the Continental Congress for Connecticut from 1778 until 1782 and served as the chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1796 to 1807. He also held the position of state court judge, served in the Connecticut House of Representatives, and participated in the Connecticut Constitutional Convention. Additionally, he was a member of the First Company, Governor's Foot Guard, where he served as commandant from May 1798 to October 1802. His grandson was Austin Cornelius Dunham.
Oliver Ellsworth (April 29, 1745 – November 26, 1807) was a prominent Founding Father of the United States, recognized for his roles as an attorney, jurist, politician, and diplomat. He played a significant part in the drafting of the United States Constitution, served as a United States senator from Connecticut, and held the position of the third chief justice of the United States. In the 1796 presidential election, he garnered 11 electoral votes.
Ellsworth's contributions were instrumental in securing Connecticut's ratification of the Constitution, and he was elected as one of the first two senators from the state, serving from 1789 to 1796. He was the principal author of the Judiciary Act of 1789, which established the framework for the federal judiciary and affirmed the Supreme Court's authority to invalidate state supreme court rulings that conflicted with the United States Constitution. As a key ally of Alexander Hamilton in the Senate, Ellsworth was affiliated with the Federalist Party and played a pivotal role in the passage of Hamilton's initiatives, including the Funding Act of 1790 and the Bank Bill of 1791. He also supported the United States Bill of Rights and the Jay Treaty.
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