David Humphreys
American diplomat
Died when: 65 years 226 days (787 months)Star Sign: Cancer
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David Humphreys (July 10, 1752 – February 21, 1818) was an American Revolutionary War colonel and aide de camp to George Washington, a secretary and intelligence agent for Benjamin Franklin in Paris, American minister to Portugal and then to Spain, entrepreneur who brought Merino sheep to America and member of the Connecticut state legislature.
A poet and author, he was one of the "Hartford Wits."
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