Editing Jonathan Trumbull (section)

===Post-war===
Trumbull was one of only two colonial governors to continue in office after independence (the other was [[Rhode Island]]'s [[Nicholas Cooke]], who assumed office early in the war). Governor Trumbull was elected as an honorary member of the Connecticut [[Society of the Cincinnati]] in 1784. In 1782, he was elected a Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]].<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter T|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterT.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=July 28, 2014}}</ref> He received an honorary LL.D. from [[Yale University]] in 1775 and from the [[University of Edinburgh]] in 1787.