United States Founding Observers

Edward Kendall

Quotes

Government

1. [Description of an election day in Connecticut in 1807] "At about eleven o'clock, his Excellency [Governor Jonathan Trumbull] entered the statehouse and shortly after took his place at the head of a procession which was made to a meetinghouse or church at something less than half a mile distance. The procession was on foot and was composed of the person of the governor, together with the lieutenant-governor, assistants, high-sheriffs, members of the lower house of assembly, and unless with accidental exceptions, all the clergy of the State. ... The pulpit or, as it is here called, the desk, was filled by three if not four clergymen; a number which, by its form and di mensions, it was able to accommodate. Of these, one opened the service with a prayer; another delivered a sermon; a third made a concluding prayer, and a fourth pronounced a benediction. Several hymns were sung; and among others, an occasional one [a special one for that occasion;. The sermon, as will be supposed, touched upon matters of government. When all was finished the procession returned to the statehouse." - "Travels in America", Edward Kendall, 1809, (Vol. 1, pp. 3-5)

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