Connecticut historical collections, containing a general collection of interesting facts, traditions biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating to the history and antiquities of every town in Connecticut, with geographical descriptions . o English in the following manner. David Humphreys, Doctor of Laws, Member of the Acad-emy of Sciences of Philadelphia, Massachusetts and Con-necticut; of the Bath [Agricultural] Society, and of theRoyal Society of London.—Fired with the love of countryand of liberty, he consecrated his youth wholly to the serviceof the Republic, which he defended by his
Connecticut historical collections, containing a general collection of interesting facts, traditions biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating to the history and antiquities of every town in Connecticut, with geographical descriptions . o English in the following manner. David Humphreys, Doctor of Laws, Member of the Acad-emy of Sciences of Philadelphia, Massachusetts and Con-necticut; of the Bath [Agricultural] Society, and of theRoyal Society of London.—Fired with the love of countryand of liberty, he consecrated his youth wholly to the serviceof the Republic, which he defended by his a tins, aided by hiscounsels, adorned by his learning, and preserved in harmonywith foreign nations. In the field, he was the companionand aid of the great Washington, a Colonel in the army of Humphreys country, and commander of the Veteran Volunteers of Connecticut. He went Embassador to the courts of Portugal and .Spain, and return-ing, enriched his native land with the true golden fleece. He was a distinguished His-torian and Poet;—a model and patron of Science, and of the ornamental and usefularts. After a full discharge of every duty, and a life well spent, he died on the 21stday of February, 1818, aged 65
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