Joseph Trumbull (delegate)
Joseph Trumbull (March 11, 1737 – July 23, 1778), son of Governor Jonathan Trumbull of Connecticut, was the first commissary general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Biography Trumbull was born in Lebanon, Connecticut. He graduated from Harvard in 1756, the same year his brother, artist John Trumbull, was born, and worked in his father's mercantile business. He served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1767 to 1773. He joined the Connecticut Committee of Correspondence at the outset of the American Revolution. He was elected as an alternate delegate to the First Continental Congress in 1774, but did not attend any sessions. After Lexington and Concord in April 1775, the Connecticut Assembly appointed Trumbull as commissary general in charge of supplying food for the Connecticut troops who had joined the siege of Boston. At Boston, General George Washington was impressed with Trumbull's efforts, and recommended him for the s ...
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Joseph Trumbull (NYPL NYPG94-F149-419975)
Joseph Trumbull may refer to: *Joseph Trumbull (commissary general) (1737–1778), Connecticut army officer in the American Revolution *Joseph Trumbull (governor) (1782–1861), U.S. Governor of Connecticut {{hndis, name=Trumbull, Joseph ...
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