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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Trumbull, Joseph 1737-1778 (search)
Trumbull, Joseph 1737-1778 Military officer; born in Lebanon, Conn., March 11, 1737; another son of Governor Trumbull; graduated at Harvard College in 1756; was made commissary-general of the Continental army in July, 1775. In November, 1777, he was made a commissioner of the board of war, which office he resigned in April, 1778, on account of ill-health. He died in Lebanon, Conn., July 23, 1778.