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            <title>Wyllis, Samuel (2)</title>
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            <p>William Plumer Biographies Project</p>
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            <p>New Hampshire Historical Society</p>
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            <head>Samuel Wyllis</head>
            <p><lb/>The son of George Wyllis, was born at Hartford Connec=
            <lb/>=ticut, on the 15th of January 1739. He was educated at Yale col=
            <lb/>=lege, where he graduated in 1758. In 1775 the legislature ap=
            <lb/>=pointed him lieutenant colonel of general Spencer&apos;s regiment;
            <lb/>and in January 1776 congress appointed him colonel of a regiment
            <lb/>in the Connecticut line, in the continental establishment.
            <lb/>In that capacity he served with reputation thro the war of the
            <lb/>revolution. After the peace, he was employed by his native
            <lb/>town in several offices, and as a representative in the general
            <lb/>assembly. He was appointed brigadier, and afterwards major
            <lb/>general, in the militia of the state. In May 1796, he succeeded
            <lb/>his father as secretary of state, and continued in that office till
            <lb/>the year 1809, when he was induced, by a paralytic affection,
            <lb/>to resign it. He died at Hartford on the 9th of June 1823, in
            <lb/>the eighty fifth year of his age. He with his father, and grand=
            <lb/>=father, held the office of Secretary ninty eight successive years.
            <lb/>A fact, probably, without a parallel in the history of republics.</p>
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