Adams, Andrew, 1736-1797
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Andrew Adams (December 11, 1736-November 27, 1797) was a prominent attorney and politician in Litchfield, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale in 1760 and married Eunice Samuel in 1761. He was elected to the Connecticut General Assembly in 1776, was selected as a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1777 to 1780, and was a signer of the Articles of Confederation. During the Revolutionary War he served as colonel in the Connecticut militia. After the war, he was appointed to the Connecticut Supreme Court and became Chief Justice in 1793, filling that position until his death four years later.
From the guide to the Andrew Adams papers, Adams, Andrew papers, 1763-1797, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan)
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- Delegates, U.S. Continental Congress
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- Connecticut (as recorded)
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