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JONATHAN TRUMBULL [1740-1809] full signature on May 1809 document appointing one Nathaniel Goodwin to the position of Lieutenant of the 9th Company in the 1st Regiment of the Militia in the State of Connecticut; framed and with original wafer seal intact.
In addition to his roles in State politics, Jonathan Trumbull Jr. served as the second Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Trumbull had served in the Continental Army as paymaster general of the Northern Department from July 1775 to July 1778. He was included in the general orders of June 8, 1781: "Jonathan Trumbull. Esqr., Junior, is appointed Secretary to the Commander in Chief and to be respected accordingly." He served for the duration of the war as aide-de-camp to General George Washington until 28 December 1783.
The document is witnessed by Samuel Wyllys. Following the War of Independence, Wyllys served as a representative in the Connecticut General Assembly, and as the Secretary of the State of Connecticut from 1796 to 1809. He was the third consecutive member of the Wyllys family to hold the office; both his father and grandfather had previously served, beginning in 1712
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