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History, Language, And Power: James Hammond Trumbull's Native American Scholarship, Emma W. Sternlof

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James Hammond Trumbull was born in Stonington, Connecticut in 1821 and died in Hartford in 1897. Although he spent his life within the borders of a single state, his remarkable achievements in the fields of colonial history and Native American language resounded throughout a rapidly expanding America. Trumbull’s Native American scholarship can be organized into three categories. Within the context of southeastern Connecticut, he examined obscure colonial records that led him to an understanding of the Pequot War that challenged traditional narratives. However, he never formally printed his misgivings. On a state level, as a high-ranking official, he collected colonial …