Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807)

Brown, William G.  The Life of Oliver Ellsworth.  New York: Macmillan, 1905; reissued by DeCapo Press, New York, 1970. A solid study; still the best available.

Kraus, Michael. “Oliver Ellsworth,” In The Justices of the United States Supreme Court. Edited by Leon Friedman and Fred Israel. New York: Chelsea House, 1969.  See also the Essay on biographical directories of Connecticut jurists, above.

Lettieri, Ronald John. Connecticut’s Young Man of the Revolution: Oliver Ellsworth. Bicentennial pamphlet XXX (1978).