1To Thomas Jefferson from Ebenezer Elmer, 25 January 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Ebenezer Elmer (1752–1843) of Cumberland County, New Jersey, was a founder of the Society of the Cincinnati and a veteran of both the Revolutionary War and War of 1812. Trained in medicine by his brother Jonathan Elmer, he was active in state and national politics, was first elected to the New Jersey assembly in 1789, and served as its speaker for three separate years. A Republican...