Son of Connecticut's Revolutionary War Governor, Jonathan Trumbull Jr became George Washington's military secretary during the American Revolution and it was in this butter-yellow house, in front of its eight fireplaces, that he hosted the great general in March 1781.
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New Britain Museum of American Art
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The two-room Revolutionary War Office is said to be where Washington met with Jonathan Trumbull and the Comte de Rochambeau to coordinate military…
2. Governor Jonathan Trumbull House
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This house, now a museum, was a center of military strategy during the American War of Independence, when Jonathan Trumbull was the governor of…
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