Jonathan Trumbull signs Indictment for Carnal Knowledge of Hannah Armstrong 5 times dated 1745 - Autographs
Inv# AU1781 AutographGovernor Jonathan Trumbull signs this Indictment for Carnal Knowledge of Hannah Armstrong 5 times! All 3 pages shown.
Jonathan Trumbull Sr. (October 12, 1710 – August 17, 1785) was an American politician and statesman who served as Governor of Connecticut during the American Revolution. Trumbull and Nicholas Cooke of Rhode Island were the only men to serve as governor of both a British colony and an American state, and he was the only governor to take up the Patriot cause at the start of the Revolutionary War. Trumbull College at Yale University, the town of Trumbull, Connecticut, Trumbull County, Ohio(originally part of the Connecticut Western Reserve), and Jonathan the Husky are all named for him.
Trumball was the father of John Trumbull, the noted artist, and Jonathan Trumbull Jr., Governor of Connecticut and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Trumbull was a friend and advisor of General George Washington throughout the Revolutionary period, dedicating the resources of Connecticut to the fight for independence. Washington declared him "the first of the patriots." When Washington was desperate for men or food during the war, he could turn to "Brother Jonathan". Trumbull also served as the Continental Army's Paymaster General (Northern Department) in the spring of 1778, until the untimely death of his mother forced him to resign his post. As part of his resignation, he requested that the remainder of his back pay be distributed to the soldiers of the Northern Department. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Trumbull
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