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HOSMER, Titus

1736–1780

Biography

HOSMER, Titus, a Delegate from Connecticut; born in what is now West Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., in 1736; was graduated from Yale College in 1757; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1760 and commenced practice in Middletown, Conn.; held several local offices; member of the State house of representatives 1773-1778, serving as speaker in 1776 and 1778; member of the council of safety in 1776 and 1777; served in the State senate from May 1778 until his death; Member of the Continental Congress in 1778; resumed the practice of law; judge of the United States Maritime Court of Appeals in 1780; died in Middletown, Conn., August 4, 1780; interment in Mortimer Cemetery.

View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

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External Research Collections

The Morgan Library
Department of Literary and Historical Manuscripts

New York, NY
Papers: 1776, 1 item. A note from Titus Hosmer to an unidentified recipient written on October 2, 1776.

Yale University
Manuscripts and Archives

New Haven, CT
Papers: In the Roger Sherman Papers, ca. 1721-1904, 1 linear foot. Correspondents include Titus Hosmer. An unpublished finding aid for the papers is available in the repository.
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Bibliography / Further Reading

Barlow, Joel. An Elegy on the Late Honorable Titus Hosmer. Hartford, CT: Hudson & Goodwin, 1780.

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