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+[[i469.henry|(<-- Major Henry Seymour (1764-1846) of Hartford)]] [[start|(Back to Start)]] [[i471.mary_juliana|(Mary Juliana Seymour (1769-1843) -->)]]
 ====== Captain Thomas Youngs Seymour (1757-1811) ======
-[[171.thomas|{{i470.thomasyoungs.jpg}}]]
+{{thomas_youngs.jpg|Captain Thomas Youngs Seymour (1757-1811)}}
-[[171.thomas|CAPTAIN THOMAS YOUNGS SEYMOUR (1757-1811)]]
+**[[171.thomas|CAPTAIN THOMAS YOUNGS SEYMOUR (1757-1811)]]**
-A graduate of Yale College, 1777; "Beau Sabreur of Saratoga"; original
+A graduate of Yale College, 1777; "Beau Sabreur of Saratoga"; original member of
-member of the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati; founder and Major of
+the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati; founder and Major of the Governor's
-the Governor's Horse Guards.
+Horse Guards.
-Painted in the full panoply of a Captain of Dragoons (2nd Continental
+Painted in the full panoply of a Captain of Dragoons (2nd Continental Regiment)
-Regiment) at Hartford by Col. Johm Trumbull. The original miniature in the
+at Hartford by Col. John Trumbull. The original miniature in the Yale Gallery of
-Yale Gallery of Fine Arts. Painted at 36, he appears in a blue coat faced
+Fine Arts. Painted at 36, he appears in a blue coat faced with white and wearing
-with white and wearing a classical helmet bound at the rim with a blue sash with
+a classical helmet hound at the rim with a blue sash with tasseled ends and
-tasseled ends and topped with a splendid horsehair plume. He wears a blue
+topped with a splendid horsehair plume. He wears a blue stock, epaulets, and the
-stock, epaulets, and the coat is crossed by a belt with buckles. He has clear-cut
+coat is crossed by a belt with buckles. He has clear-cut features, a notably
-features, a notably fine nose, and blue eyes, His hair is powdered. Despite
+fine nose, and blue eyes. His hair is powdered. Despite all these sartorial
-all these sartorial accessories, his expression is serious and engaging.
+accessories, his expression is serious and engaging.
-After the surrender of Burgoyne, he was selected by Gen. Gates to escort
+After the surrender of Burgoyne, he was selected by Gen. Gates to escort the
-the captive general to Boston, and performed this delicate duty so much to
+captive general to Boston, and performed this delicate duty so much to
 Burgoyne's satisfaction that at the end of the trip he presented him with a
 magnificent saddle and leopard skin saddle cloth and a brace of silver mounted
-pistols, which Major Seymour always took pleasure in using when in command
+pistols, which Major Seymour always took pleasure in using when in command of
-of the Governor's Horse Guards.
+the Governor's Horse Guards.
-In Trumbull's picturc of the "Surrender of Burgoyne," hanging in the
+In Trumbull's picture of the "Surrender of Burgoyne," hanging in the rotunda of
-rotunda of the Capitol at Washington, Captain Seymour is represented in the
+the Capitol at Washington, Captain Seymour is represented in the foreground
-foreground mounted on a black charger.
+mounted on a black charger.
+\\ [[i469.henry|(<-- Major Henry Seymour (1764-1846) of Hartford)]] [[start|(Back to Start)]] [[i471.mary_juliana|(Mary Juliana Seymour (1769-1843) -->)]]