Download or read book Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Vol. 25 (Classic Reprint) written by Connecticut Historical Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Vol. 25 John Cotton Smith was born in Sharon February 12, 1765. After graduation from Yale College in 1783, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1786. He held many political Offices and in 1809 became a superior court judge. In 1811 he was elected Lieutenant Governor and upon the death of Roger Griswold in 1812, became Acting Governor. The next year he was elected Governor which office he held through 1817. Retiring from public life, he spent his declining years in Sharon. He was much interested in the formation of this Society and until his death in 1845, was instrumental in adding to the Society's library. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.