Hulls spent a year abroad visiting various countries.
    When he returned he was made chairman of the Board of Naval Revision. He later became Commander-In-Chief of the U.S. Naval Forces in the Mediterranean. He served for four years and then applied for a leave of absence for failing health. He spent the spring and summer in New Haven, then purchased a home in Philadelphia. At the expiration of one year, Hull was offered another assignment, but he was too ill to serve.
    He died February 12,1843. He was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia with honors suited for a national hero.

Chapter 7

DAVID HUMPHREYS

    David Humphreys was a close personal friend of General George Washington. He was born on July 10, 1752 in Derby (Now Ansonia). He was the son of the Rev. Daniel and Sarah Riggs Bowers Humphreys, the youngest of five children. His father was a graduate of Yale. His mother was called "Lady Humphreys," and was known for elegance in personal appearance.
    As a boy, David was greatly interested in books. His father prepared him for college. He entered Yale at age 15, and he graduated in 1771 with honors.
    He became principal of a public school in Wethersfield for two years. Humphreys then took up the private tutorage of the younger children of Frederick Phillipse in Yonkers, New York.
    In 1774 Humphreys returned to New Haven, earning his Master of Arts degree at Yale. He refused an offer to teach at Yale, choosing instead to instruct a private school in New Haven run by his brother Daniel Humphreys.
    After the American Revolution broke out, Humphreys enlisted as a volunteer in the Second Connecticut Regiment,