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Autographs/T: Governor Jonathan Trumbull Paroles A Loyalist

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Autographs/T: Governor Jonathan Trumbull Paroles A Loyalist
JONATHAN TRUMBULL. Manuscript Document Signed "Jon;th Trumbull" as Colonial Governor of Connecticut, March 25, 1778, Lebanon, 11.5" x 7.75", Very Fine. Written in the hand of William Williams, Trumbull's son-in-law and a Signer of the Declaration of Independence. In part: "Mr. John Ireland an inhabitant of long Island in the State of New York & there taken Prisoner in arms against the united States...is hereby indulged & Permitted to return to said long Island & to New York, for the purpose of procuring necessary cloathing, transacting & selling some lawful & necessary Business, on giving his Parole...to return & deliver Himself to the Comisr General of Prisoners in this state with Thirty Days from the Date of sd Parole...." A couple of fold separations and chips at right margin, affecting one word, and overall light toning. A fold lightly transverses Trumbull's signature, which is boldly signed. A desirable Revolutionary War-date document.