The  governor's  pertinent  injunctions  to  those  who  had  not  left
the  fields  for  the  war  have  come  down  to  us  ringing  with  his
magnificent  patriotism.  He  said:  "Join  yourself  to  one  of  the
companies  now  ordered  to  New  York,  or  form  yourselves  into  distinct
companies  and  choose  captains  forthwith.  March  on ;  this  shall  be
your  warrant :  May  the  God  of  the  Armies  of  Israel  be  your
leader."  It  is  no  wonder  such  words  as  these  inspired  many  a
Connecticut  farmer  to  leave  the  harvest  fields  unfinished,  and  begin
the  weary  tramp  to  New  York  where  they  arrived  in  the  nick  of
time.  Washington  wrote  to  Trumbull  that  he  had  "  full  confidence
in  his  most  ready  assistance  on  every  occasion,  and  that  such
measures  as  appear  to  you  most  likely  to  advance  the  public  good,
in  this  and  every  instance,  will  be  most  cheerfully  adopted."

Trumbull's  advice  to  the  great  commander-in-chief,  and  the
latter's  implicit  confidence  in  the  governor's  uncommonly  sound
judgment,  has  been  treated  at  length  by  historians.  When  Wash-
ington implored  the  governors  of  the  New  England  States  in  1781

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to  raise  more  men,  Trumbull  sent  back  word  that  he  should  have
all  he  needed.  Jared  Sparks,  the  biographer  of  Trumbull,  wrote
that  Washington  relied  on  Connecticut's  governor  as  one  of  his
main  pillars  of  support,  and  often  consulted  him  in  emergencies.
