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- GLC#
- GLC04655
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 12 September 1750
- Author/Creator
- Clap, Thomas, fl. 1750
- Title
- [Yale College Master of Liberal Arts diploma for William Ellery].
- Place Written
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Pagination
- 2 items + seal Height: 17.8 cm, Width: 20.7 cm
- Primary time period
- Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
- Sub-Era
- The Thirteen Colonies
Also signed by Jared Eliot, Anthony Stoddard, Benjamin Lord, William Russel, Thomas Ruggles, Solomon Williams, and Elnathan Whitman as Fellows. Written in Latin on parchment with a fabric ribbon attached. Accompanied by English translation. William Ellery graduated from Harvard College in 1747. A Member of the Continental Congress from 1776 until 1785, Ellery was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Clap signs as President of Yale College.
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