. An historical narrative of the Ely, Revell and Stacye families who were among the founders of Trenton and Burlington in the province of West Jersey 1678-1683, with the genealogy of the Ely descendants in America . SIXTH GENERATION. 347 ciple that *as a constellation is formed of congeries ofstars, so is a great party of its statesmen and members,and the constellation is of major consequence to anyparticular star. Scott was defeated, but the unity ofthe party was preserved, until the Southern efforts tobreak up the country changed its status, and he passedfrom the Whig party into its successo
. An historical narrative of the Ely, Revell and Stacye families who were among the founders of Trenton and Burlington in the province of West Jersey 1678-1683, with the genealogy of the Ely descendants in America . SIXTH GENERATION. 347 ciple that *as a constellation is formed of congeries ofstars, so is a great party of its statesmen and members,and the constellation is of major consequence to anyparticular star. Scott was defeated, but the unity ofthe party was preserved, until the Southern efforts tobreak up the country changed its status, and he passedfrom the Whig party into its successor and remained aRepublican to the time of his death. The firing on theflag at Sumter suddenly converted Mr. Ely from * ^ silvergray conservatism to anti-slavery principles. He was one of the subscribers who devoted $1,000 eachto the building of the third railroad in the State, thatbetween Marietta and Loveland. He was made an officerof the Board of Directors, and continued as such untilthe completion of the line in 1858, editing his Gazettemost of the time, and serving as Receiver of PublicMoneys at Chillicothe for four years. He pursued con-siderable geological investigation in Southern Ohio asdivertisement
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