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Excerpt from John Trumbull: A Brief Sketch of His Life, to Which Is Added a Catalogue of His Works Prepared at the request of the Com mittee on the bi-centennial Celebration of the Founding of Yale College, in connection with an exhibition of his collected paintings, as a feature of that celebration, and to emphasize the position of Yale University as the principal custodian of Trumbull's historical works. The Trumbull Gallery, since 1831, when it came into the possession of Yale College, constitutes one of the chief treasures of the University, con taining as it does a series of historical paintings commemorative of important events of the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.