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these complicated affairs : he of course devoted himself to this 

 duty, and was at length so involved in commercial questions and 

 occupations, that he quitted his early and favorite pursuit, and 

 became a merchant. 



He was early elected by his townsmen to the lower political 

 offices of the tov/n ; he soon became one of their representatives 

 in the Colonial Assembly ; and as his talents and virtues became 

 more extensively known, he was appointed one of the Judges, 

 then a member of the Council or State Senate ; and at length 

 Deputy or Lieutenant Governor, in which office he stood at the 

 commencement of the disputes between Great Britain and her 

 colonies. In this controversy, he embraced with fervor the patri- 

 otic side ; became Governor of the State by the free election of 

 his countrymen, and continued to be annually elected Governor 

 until the close of the Revolution in 1783, when, declining a fur- 

 ther election, he withdrew from public life, devoted his last years 

 to study and religion, and died at Lebanon in August, 1785, at the 

 age of 75 years. 



After General Washington, perhaps no individual contributed 

 more to the success of the Revolution than Governor Trumbull. 

 He was always at his post, and devoted his time, his talents, and 

 his influence, with undivided energy and assiduity to the service 

 of his country ; his example had a powerful influence on the 

 State, and on all New England. 



His correspondence was very extensive, and is preserved in 

 many manuscript volumes, which were given by his family to the 

 Historical Society in Boston, where, it is to be presumed, they are 

 preserved with the care they deserve. 



Governor Trumbull in early life married Faith, daughter of the 

 Rev. John Robinson, of Duxbury, Mass., third in direct descent 

 from the famous John Robinson who emigrated from England 

 in the reign of James I, in 1610, to Holland, and was regarded 

 as a leader of the Puritans, and father of the Pilgrims who first 

 landed at Plymouth. His remains rest in the family tomb at 

 Lebanon. 



No. 43. — Infant Savior and St. John. Painted in London, 

 180L 



No. 44. — Portrait of the late Rufus King. — Head, the size 

 of life. Painted in London during his mission, 1800. 



