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State of Service: CT
Qualifying Service: Colonel / Patriotic Service / Civil Service
The following biography of Andrew Adams was posted anonymously at findagrave.com. I am not the author.
Continental Congressman. A graduate of Yale University and a lawyer, in the days before the beginning of the American Revolution he became a prominent member of the Committee of Safety for Connecticut. When the revolution begane and Connecticut created a state legislature that wasnt under British royal dominion, he was elected as a delegate in 1776, serving until 1781. In 1778 he was appointed as a Delegate from Connecticut to the Second Continental Congress in 1777, but did not serve until 1778 because he had accepted a commission of Colonel and commander of the 17th Connecticut Militia regiment. During his tenure in the Continental Congress he voted on and was a signer of the Articles of Confederation of the United States. He served as Speaker of the Connecticut State House from 1779 to 1780, and after the war he served as a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Connecticut from 1795 until his death in 1797.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 January 2020), memorial page for Andrew Adams (11 Dec 1736–26 Nov 1797), Find A Grave Memorial no. 8045162, citing West Cemetery, Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
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