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JONATHAN TRUMBULL AND WILLIAM WILLIAMS

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JONATHAN TRUMBULL AND WILLIAM WILLIAMS
<b>14. JONATHAN TRUMBULL AND WILLIAM WILLIAMS. JONATHAN TRUMBULL</b> (1710 - 1785) Governor of Connecticut during the American Revolution who was critical in providing necessary supplies to the Continental Army. War-date D.S. 1p. 4to., Hartford, Mar. 25, 1778, written in the hand of <b>WILLIAM WILLIAMS </b>(173 -1811) Signer of the Declaration of Independence and member of the Continental Congress. In part: "<i>...Mr. John Ireland...taken Prisoner in arms against the united States...is hereby indulged & permitted to return to said Long Island...for the purpose of procuring necessary cloathing...on giving his parole...to return & deliver himself to the Commis'y General of Prisoners...</i>" Right margin bears a few chips barely affecting one word of text, else very good. <b>$800-1,200</b>