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1800 Jonathan Trumbull, Jr as Governor of Connecticut Appointment of a Judge for our County of Litchfield

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JONATHAN TRUMBULL (1740-1809). Paymaster General in the Continental Army and Aide-de-Camp to General George Washington; American soldier and politician; he later Served as Governor of Connecticut and as the Second Speaker of the US House of Representatives.

May 14, 1800-Dated Federal Period, Partly-Printed Document Signed, “Jon'a Trumbull,” as Governor of Connecticut, Choice Extremely Fine. Governor Trumbull appoints Joshua Porter “of said State... to be Judge of our County Court, to be holden within our County of Litchfield,” 1 page, measuring 7.25” x 12.25” being well printed and mostly crisp with only light mailing quarterfolds, otherwise vitually crisp near mint, with its fully intact embossed Ornate Red Wax and Paper Seal at upper left. Signed at the conclusion by Governor Trumbull and countersigned by Secretary, Samuel Wyllys. This document reads, in full:

“The State of Connecticut in America ; ---- To all to whom these Presents shall come: GREETING. --- KNOW YE, That we have Affigned, Conftituted and Appointed, and by these Presents do Affign, Conftitute and Appoint Joshua Norter of faid State, Efq. to be Judge of our County Court, to be holden within our County of Litchfield in our State of Connecticut, with Authority to use and exercise all Powers and Jurisdictions belonging to the said Court, and to do that which to Justice doth appertain, according to the Laws in force in our faid State; and the said Joshua Porter- assisted with two or more Justices of the Peace and Quorum to hear, try and determine all Causes and Matters, Civil and Criminal, by Law, cognizable in the faid Court, and to award Execution thereon accordingly.

In Testimony whereof, We have caused the Seal of our faid State to be hereunto affixed. Witness JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Efq. Governor of our said State of Connecticut, and with the Confent of the General Affembly of the same, in Hartford this 14th Day of May Anno Domini 1800. --- By His Excellency's Command, - (Signed) Samuel Wyllys Secretary. -- Jona; Trumbull.”

Governor Trumbull’s bold vivid brown ink signature measures a huge 4.5” long. Docket on the blank reverse reads, in full: “Commission Judge of Lithchfield County Court May 1800 Jonathan Trumbull” (secretarial). Worthy of a premium for its quality.
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