In a message dated 6/13/2002 7:11:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jlstokes@supernet.com writes: << An interesting post. Let us know if you find anything further. I wonder what the University of Connecticut means by "elected" in the first line of their reply. Does it mean he was democratically elected or elected by the Crown. It strikes me that he couldn't be both democratically elected and appointed by the Crown, that would be a contridiction in terms. >> Connecticut had elections, including for the office of governor. You've heard of Election Cake? That was an election day specialty in Connecticut. As for how democratic these elections were, you might want to refer to someone like Van Dusen; wish I remembered his first name. Freemen could vote; this left quite a few, including all women, who could not. My reply from the U of Conn came from a researcher I've corresponded with before. He lists his credentials, in part, as follows: Connecticut State Documents Collection Supervisor, Reference Collection Supervisor, Coordinator for Services for Patrons with Disabilities

Hi Ann, I don't know, could someone be a royal governor and be democratically elected also ? This seems like a contradiction to me. Could your contact have meant that he was elected Governor by the King or his council ? Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: <JMJJF@aol.com> To: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [A-REV] Fwd: Jonathan Trumbull > In a message dated 6/13/2002 7:11:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > jlstokes@supernet.com writes: > > << An interesting post. Let us know if you find anything further. I > wonder what the University of Connecticut means by "elected" in the first > line of their reply. Does it mean he was democratically elected or elected > by the Crown. It strikes me that he couldn't be both democratically elected > and appointed by the Crown, that would be a contridiction in terms. > >> > Connecticut had elections, including for the office of governor. You've > heard of Election Cake? That was an election day specialty in Connecticut. > As for how democratic these elections were, you might want to refer to > someone like Van Dusen; wish I remembered his first name. Freemen could > vote; this left quite a few, including all women, who could not. > My reply from the U of Conn came from a researcher I've corresponded with > before. He lists his credentials, in part, as follows: > > Connecticut State Documents Collection Supervisor, > Reference Collection Supervisor, > Coordinator for Services for Patrons with Disabilities > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >