TRUMBULL JONATHAN Two items Partly printed Document accompli

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SIGNED "TRUMBLE" TRUMBULL, JONATHAN. Two items: Partly-printed Document accomplished and Signed, twice within the text ("Jonathan Trumble") and again at bottom ("Jon'n Trumble Assn't.") * Document Signed, "Jon'n Trumble Assn't." Each ordering the Sheriff of Windham County to arrest a debtor. The first, enjoining payment of three shillings and seven pence from Silas Crane owed to William Metcalfe, and warranting imprisonment until paid. 6x6 inches; tears at folds expertly repaired verso, docketing on verso. The second, summoning David Nevins to appear before the county court "to recover of the Defendant the . . . sum of nine pounds lawful money" owed to the "Governor and Company." Countersigned by Justice of the Peace Joseph Ferdler. 1 page, small 4to; Trumbull's signature written partly over Ferdler's, some foxing at folds, some ink oxidation. Lebanon, 28 January 1755; 15 November 1756

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Trumbull (1710-1785) was named governor by the Connecticut Assembly in 1769, serving until 1784; during the Revolution, he was the only colonial governor to support the revolutionaries, becoming one of the Continental Army's chief suppliers. Trumbull changed the spelling of his name from "Trumble" in 1765.