{"product_id":"jonathan-trumbull-sr-psa-16th-ct-gov-patriot-autograph-warrant-signed-1","title":"JONATHAN TRUMBULL, SR. * PSA * 16th CT Gov \u0026 Patriot AUTOGRAPH Warrant Signed","description":"\u003cp style='margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: \"Times New Roman\", serif;'\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\" size=\"6\"\u003eTHE FUTURE COLONIAL GOVERNOR OF CONNECTICUT SIGNS AN ARREST WARRANT FOR CARNAL KNOWLEDGE WITH AN EXTREMELY RARE VARIANT SIGNATURE\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style='margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: \"Times New Roman\", serif;'\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style='margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: \"Times New Roman\", serif;'\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"\u003eRevolutionary War Patriot and Colonial Governor of Connecticut, JONATHAN TRUMBULL, SR. early authentic autograph partial arrest warrant for Carnal Knowledge dated  February 1744\/45 removed from a document with a highly rare, early variant of the Trumbull family name, as \u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Jon.th Trumble, Assis't\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e. According the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, \u003ci\u003e\"The original spelling of Trumble was later changed for an unknown reason.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style='margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: \"Times New Roman\", serif;'\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style='font-family: \"Times New Roman\", serif;'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"\u003eStill a colonial subject of his Majesty, George III of England, Trumbull was serving as Judge in the Wyndham County Court of the Colony of Connecticut \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma, sans-serif\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003earound this time. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma, sans-serif\" size=\"5\"\u003eTrumbull issues the arrest warrant for an indictment of Benjamin Neguss for what was then termed, \"Carnal Knowledge\" – an archaic or legal euphemism for sexual intercourse, some of which is scandalously hinted at on verso, \u003ci\u003e\"\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\"\u003e...her Body, and begetting her with child of a bastard child by fornication...of which child she is now pregnant...\"\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma, sans-serif\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Tahoma; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);\"\u003eLater, as Governor, \"Brother Jonathan\" Trumbull was a trusted friend and advisor of General George Washington \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);\"\u003ethroughout the Revolutionary period, dedicating the resources of Connecticut to the fight for independence. Washington declared him \"the first of the patriots\". When British General Thomas Gage sent Trumbull a request for assistance after the Battles of Lexington and Concord in April 1775, Trumbull refused and made clear his choice to side with the patriots, saying that Gage's troops would \"disgrace even barbarians\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style='margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: \"Times New Roman\", serif;'\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"\u003eCERTIFIED AUTHENTIC BY PSA\/DNA EXPERT EXAMINATION. UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED GENUINE - simply one of the finest TRUMBULL autographs available on the market. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style='margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: \"Times New Roman\", serif;'\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style='margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: \"Times New Roman\", serif;'\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"\u003eIn fine condition is as shown, consistent with age, use and handling. 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