--part1_d.283639e7.2a3a4286_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The response from my U Conn source re Gov Trumbull is in part as follows: << Because Jonathan Trumbull was elected governor in the year 1769, he was the only incumbent colonial governor to serve throughout the war. Whether or not he was the only royal governor to turn patriot, I can not say for sure. >> Obviously, this is not conclusive, but for the sake of moving on I yield the point. It's possible that a colonial governor was "Royal" whether elected by the voters of appointed by the Crown. I will say Trumbull did not turn patriot, or go over to the Patriot side; he was a Whig, holding the same beliefs before the war as he did throughout. Because most of my notes are in Michigan and I am in Ohio, I'm checking over my computer for anything further. Have already run across the titles of some noteworthy books (not on this subject), which I'll copy into another e-mail. Anne --part1_d.283639e7.2a3a4286_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <David.Avery@uconn.edu> Received: from rly-xc04.mx.aol.com (rly-xc04.mail.aol.com [172.20.105.137]) by air-xc01.mail.aol.com (v86_r1.13) with ESMTP id MAILINXC12-0613091906; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 09:19:06 -0400 Received: from lib-exchange.lib.uconn.edu (exchange.lib.uconn.edu [137.99.181.92]) by rly-xc04.mx.aol.com (v86_r1.13) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXC43-0613091851; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 09:18:51 -0400 Received: by exchange.lib.uconn.edu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <MBDVXRTS>; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 09:18:59 -0400 Message-ID: <5D5ED9DBE60FD4118EA600D0B74450D6017A591F@exchange.lib.uconn.edu> From: Dave Avery <David.Avery@uconn.edu> To: "'JMJJF@aol.com'" <JMJJF@aol.com> Subject: RE: Jonathan Trumbull Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 09:18:58 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear Anne, Jonathan Trumbull was the governor of Connecticut from 1769-1784. Yes, he was the Connecticut's governor during the American Revolution. Because Jonathan Trumbull was elected governor in the year 1769, he was the only incumbent colonial governor to serve throughout the war. Whether or not he was the only royal governor to turn patriot, I can not say for sure. Sincerely, David F. Avery Connecticut State Documents Collection Supervisor, Reference Collection Supervisor, Coordinator for Services for Patrons with Disabilities Research and Information Services Homer Babbidge Library 369 Fairfield Road, Unit 1005-RI University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269-1005 Tel: (860) 486-1252 Fax: (860) 486-6100 Email: david.avery@uconn.edu <mailto:david.avery@uconn.edu> Web: http://www.lib.uconn.edu/~davery -----Original Message----- From: JMJJF@aol.com [mailto:JMJJF@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 9:39 PM To: David.Avery@uconn.edu Subject: Jonathan Trumbull Dave: You sent me the Colonial Connecticut Records last year. Now I have a query. I had written on the American Revolution List online that Jonathan Trumbull was not a royal governor, and got back the following reply: Subj: Re: [A-REV] Connecticut and its charter Date: 6/12/2002 4:15:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: Patriot1@americanrevolution.org (Ed St.Germain) Reply-to: Patriot1@americanrevolution.org To: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com Anne: I hate to burst your bubble, but "Brother Jonathan" Trumbull *was* a Royal Governor. It fact, one of the things he is remembered for is because he was the *only* Royal Governor to go over to the Patriot side when war came. Dave: assuming you know the answer and don't have to research it, can you tell me whether I'm right or wrong? Was Trumbull, CT's governor during the American Revolution, a royal governor or not? (If you like, I can send you the message in which I said he was not.) Thanks, Anne Sennish, Farmington, MI and Kelleys Island, OH --part1_d.283639e7.2a3a4286_boundary--

Anne: Just out of curiosity, is there a particular reason that you are embarking on this crusade to attempt to prove me wrong? If it's something I said (other than my correct statement of historical facts), feel free to contact me off-list. As for reading material, may I suggest: Roth, David Morris. Connecticut's War Governor, Jonathan Trumbull. Bicentennial pamphlet IX (1974). Based on his dissertation. Roth, David Morris."Jonathan Trumbull, 1710-1785: Connecticut's Puritan Patriot." Doctoral dissertation, Clark University, 1971. Roth studies Trumbull's "paradoxical character and career," seeing him as both "vainful and opportunistic," as well as "distinguished ... [in] his extraordinary efforts in mobilizing the resources of Connecticut to supply Washington's troops .. ." during the Revolution. (from the abstract) Stuart, Issac William. Life of Jonathan Trumbull Senior, Governor of Connecticut. Boston: Crocker and Brewster, 1859. Superseded for the most part by Roth, above, and Weaver, below, but has some information they do not have. Trumbull, Jonathan. Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of Connecticut, 1769-1784. Boston: Little, Brown, 1919. Also superseded. The author was a great-grandson. Weaver, Glenn. Jonathan Trumbull, Connecticut's Merchant Magistrate, 1710-1785. Hartford: CHS, 1956. Lawrence Gipson calls Weaver's book "small but important," "illuminating and scholarly." (New England Quarterly, March, 1957, pp. 108, 110) The book, based on Weaver's Yale dissertation (1953), is a very readable, thoroughly reliable study that tells a great deal about the mercantile economy of late-colonial Connecticut, as well as about Trumbull in his pre-governor days. Very useful "Bibliographical Note" focusing on economic matters. Griffs, William Elliot. "Brother Jonathan and His Home." New England Magazine.  N.s. 17(September, 1897)1. Many photographs and illustrations, particularly of the house and sites in 1897. -- For Revolutionary War information on the Internet, your first choice should be AMERICANREVOLUTION.ORG