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Presenter details Faith Robinson Trumbull's letters, illness and death
Summary
The talk recounted discoveries about Faith Robinson Trumbull, her embroidered work, struggles with chronic depression, treatment in Dedham and her death in November 1775, material drawn from newly transcribed letters.
The presenter described archival work that uncovered letters from Faith Robinson Trumbull, the embroidered pieces she produced as a child and new image findings that corrected earlier misattributions in DAR publications. He credited a scholar partner for swapping transcriptions and said he was the first to transcribe six of Faith's letters from the Connecticut State Library.
On Faith's illness and death the presenter recounted that she was treated in Dedham in mid-1775 and that the stress of wartime separation contributed to her decline. He recounted the historical account that "She takes a cord and hangs herself in the barn behind the house," describing the timing around Thanksgiving 1775 and the military context that kept officers from attending family events.
