Dr. Hall was one of the few physicians who sighed the Declaration, and he had a consequential life. Lyman Hall was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, on April 12, 1724, as the fourth of eight children. He pursued his studies at Yale College, where he graduated in 1747. He became an ordained Congregational minister, but soon …

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