Joseph Trumbull (delegate)

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Joseph Trumbull (March 11, 1737 – July 23, 1778) was an American revolutionary from Lebanon, Connecticut. He graduated from Harvard, and was elected a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1774 but did not attend sessions. He joined the Continental Army with the rank of Colonel and served as one of the Commisssary Generals from July of 1775 until 1777. Congress appointed him to the Board of War, and he served from August of 1777 to April of 1778.