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place at Lebanon, September 17, 1809, six weeks, 

 wanting one day, after the death of Governor Trunibull, 

 whose approbation and blessing rested upon us. After a 

 journey to Newport, to visit my brother and family, and 

 calls upon other friends, we returned to the now solitary 

 mansion at Lebanon. After a few days of repose, the 

 bereaved mother, with Christian firmness, resigned the 

 only remaining solace of her home, and we with mixed 

 emotions bade farewell. At Hartford we were cheered by 

 a brief visit with Mr. and Mrs. Wadsworth ; and a Sabbath 

 at Wallingford formed a tranquillizing transition to our 

 own home at New Haven, where our house was in readi- 

 ness to receive us. October 1C, 1809, is to me a memo- 

 rable day, for we then for the first time crossed the threshold 

 of our own door and found a home, "a sweet home," 

 over which, as I have already written, the lady who now 

 honored me by adopting my name presided most happily 

 for forty years, presided, too, with dignity, wisdom, kind- 

 ness, and hospitality. She died January 18, 1850, aged 

 sixty-six years, four months, and fourteen days, having 

 been born September 3, 1783. Now, at the time of my 

 writing, January 14, 1859, I am still an inhabitant of the 

 same house, and if I live and remain here until October 16 

 of this year, I shall have inhabited the same house fifty 

 years. 



Mrs. Trunibull maintained her independent establish- 

 ment in Lebanon until 1814, when she came to this house 

 as a home, visiting at Mr. Wadsworth's, as she had done at 

 both Hartford and New Haven before, passing months 

 at a time in either place, as she found it convenient 



In a letter to his brother, dated May 9, 1809, he 

 describes the house which was his place of abode for 

 the remainder of his life. 



I have been so fortunate as to obtain a charm- 



