Oliver Ellsworth
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Oliver Ellsworth was a Founding Father of the United States, attorney, jurist, politician, and diplomat. Ellsworth was a framer of the United States Constitution, United States senator from Connecticu
Portrait by Ralph Earl, 1785
Oliver and Abigail Ellsworth by Ralph Earl
Letter from Ellsworth to George Washington wishing former president "a most respectful and most cordial farewell," March 1797
Ellsworth's gravesite
Connecticut Compromise
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The Connecticut Compromise, also known as the Great Compromise of 1787 or Sherman Compromise, was an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative
A portrait of Roger Sherman, who authored the agreement
