Trumbull, John, 1750-1831

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Dates:
Birth 1750-04-24
Death 1831-05-11
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

American poet and jurist.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Detroit, to Noah Webster, 1830 Jan. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573323

American author.

From the description of Receipt signed : "United States Loan Office," 1781 Dec. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270867950

Poet, jurist, lawyer, author, and state legislator from Connecticut.

From the description of John Trumbull correspondence, 1772 January 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 757178568

Poet; born in Westbury (noW Watertown) Conn. Apr. 24, 1750; began studying Latin at age five; grad. from Yale, 1767; was tutor at Yale 1771, and studied law; licensed, 1773; practiced law in Boston and New Haven; author of "'McFingal" and many satires and other poems; died in Detroit, Mich., May 10, 1831. (from Appleton's Cycloped. of American Biography) (blue index cards)

From the description of John Trumbull papers, undated. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 458273723

Poet and Supreme Court Justice.

From the description of Papers of John Trumbull [manuscript] 1791, 1806. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647934736

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  • Jurists
  • Lawyers
  • Legislators
  • Poets

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  • Massachusetts (as recorded)
  • Connecticut (as recorded)