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Eliphalet Dyer

" Eliphalet Dyer commenced his first stage of human life at Windham, Connecticut on the 28th of September 1721. He was liberally educated and became a sound lawyer. He took command of a Connecticut regiment in 1755 and served ungrateful mother Britain faithfully during most of the French war. In 1763 he went to England on business and there became thoroughly acquainted with the base designs of the ministry upon the American Colonies. On his return he was prepared to warn the people of approaching danger. He was an ardent Whig, a fearless opposer of tyranny. He was a member of the Congress of 1766-1774. He was Chief Justice of his state for many years and retired from public life in 1793, and died in 1807."

Source: The Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson