Humphreys, David, 1752-1818
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Humphreys, David, 1752-1818
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Humphreys, General (David), 1752-1818
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Humphreys, D. (David), 1752-1818
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Humphreys, Colonel (David), 1752-1818
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Army officer, diplomat, and author.
Army officer, diplomat, and poet, of Connecticut; b. in Derby; d. in New Haven.
Connecticut Revolutionary War Officer, statesman, and poet.
Dwight was President of Yale from 1795-1817.
David Humphreys: soldier, statesman, poet; B.A., Yale, 1771, M.A., 1774; lieutenant colonel and aide-de-camp to Washington during the Revolution; appointed special secret agent in 1790 to gather information for Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson; appointed commissioner of Algerian states; in 1793 appointed minister plenipotentiary to Spain; in 1796, upon his return to the U.S., founded the Humphreysville Manufacturing Company.
Richard Dale was a naval officer.
American poet; George Washington's aide de camp and a member of his official family at Mount Vernon.
American poet; Washington's aide de camp and a member of his official family at Mount Vernon.
David Humphreys was a Yale graduate and American revolutionary war captain. In 1784 he was appointed secretary to the commission which was sent to Europe to negotiate treaties of commerce with foreign powers.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/100220361
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5235253
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50034160
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n50034160
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Subjects
American poetry
Poets, American
Armed Forces
Convention of 1800
Correspondence
Families
Fourth of July
Generals
Merino sheep
Music
Passports
Presidents
Science
Shays' Rebellion, 1786-1787
Submarine boats
Submarines (Ships)
Voyages and travels
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Americans
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Poets, American
Army officers
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United States
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Kingdom of Spain
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Connecticut
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Birth
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