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Humphreys, David
Entity Type:
Individual
Identifier:
ENT.000003312
Date Range:
7/10/1752 - 2/21/1818
Biography:
David Humphreys
(July 10, 1752 – February 21, 1818) was an
American Revolutionary War
colonel and
aide de camp
to
George Washington
,
American minister to Portugal
and then to
Spain
, entrepreneur who brought
Merino sheep
to America and member of the
Connecticut
state legislature. A poet and author, he was one of the "
Hartford Wits
."
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