See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• JOHN SULLIVAN (1740–1795)
• SULLIVAN, SIR ARTHUR SEYMOUR (1842—1900)
• SULLIVAN, THOMAS BARRY (1824-1891)

SULLIVAN (1740–1795)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American soldier and See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• SOMERSWORTH

Somersworth, New See also:

• HAMPSHIRE (or COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON, abbreviated HANTS)

Hampshire, on the 18th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1740 . He studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law in See also:

• PORTSMOUTH
• PORTSMOUTH, EARLS OF
• PORTSMOUTH, LOUISE DE

Portsmouth, N.H., and practised at See also:

• BERWICK, JAMES FITZJAMES

Berwick, See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine, and at See also:

• DURHAM
• DURHAM, JOHN GEORGE LAMBTON, 1ST EARL OF (1792–1840)

Durham, N.H . He was a member of the New Hampshire Provincial See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly in 1774, and in 1774–1775 was a delegate to the See also:

• CONTINENTAL

Continental See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress . In 1772 he had been commissioned a See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major of New Hampshire See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia, and on the 15th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1774 he and See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• LANGDON, JOHN (1741—1819)

Langdon led an expedition which captured Fort See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William and See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary at New See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle . See also:

• SULLIVAN, JOHN (1740–1795)
• SULLIVAN, SIR ARTHUR SEYMOUR (1842—1900)
• SULLIVAN, THOMAS BARRY (1824-1891)

Sullivan was appointed a brigadier-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general in the Continental See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army in See also:

• JUNE

June 1775 and a major-general in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1776 . He commanded a See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade in the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston . In June 1776 he took command of the American army in See also:

• CANADA

Canada and after an unsuccessful skirmish with the See also:

• BRITISH

British at Three See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

Rivers (June 8) retreated to See also:

• CROWN

Crown Point . Rejoining Washing-ton's army, he served under General See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel See also:

• PUTNAM
• PUTNAM, ISRAEL (1718–1790)
• PUTNAM, RUFUS (1738-1824)

Putnam in the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Long See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island (August 27) and was taken prisoner . Released on See also:

• PAROLE (shortened from the Fr. parole d'honneur, word of honour)

parole, he See also:

• BORE

bore a verbal See also:

• MESSAGE (a word occurring in slightly different forms in several languages, e.g. Fr. message, Span. mensaje, Ital. messagio; adapted from the Low Lat. missaticum, from mittere)

message from See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• HOWE
• HOWE, EIJAS (1819 — 1867)
• HOWE, JOHN (1630-17o6)
• HOWE, JOSEPH (1804–1873)
• HOWE, JULIA WARD (1819–1910)
• HOWE, RICHARD HOWE, EARL (1726-1799)
• HOWE, SAMUEL GRIDLEY (1801-1876)
• HOWE, WILLIAM HOWE, 5TH VISCOUNT (1729-1814)

Howe to the Continental Congress, which led to the fruitless See also:

• CONFERENCE

conference on Staten Island . In December he was exchanged, succeeded General See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• LEE
• LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
• LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
• LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
• LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
• LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
• LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
• LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
• LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
• LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
• LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
• LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
• LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
• LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)

Lee in command of the right wing of See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington's army, in the battle of Trenton led an attack on the Hessians, and led a See also:

• NIGHT

night attack against British and See also:

• LOYALISTS

Loyalists on Staten Island, on the 22nd of August 1777 . In the battle of See also:

• BRANDYWINE

Brandywine (See also:

• SEPT

Sept . 1777) he again commanded the American right; he took See also:

• PART

part in the battle of See also:

• GERMANTOWN

Germantown (Oct .

4, 1777); in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1778 he was placed in command in Rhode Island, and in the following summer plans were made for his co-operation with the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• FLEET

fleet under See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count d'See also:

• ESTAING, CHARLES HECTOR, COMTE

Estaing in an attack on See also:

• NEWPORT

Newport, which came to nothing . Sullivan after a brief engagement (Aug . 29) at Quaker See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill, at the N. end of the island of Rhode Island, was obliged to See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat . In 1779 Sullivan, with about 4000 men, defeated the See also:

• IROQUOIS

Iroquois and their Loyalist See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies at New-See also:

• TOWN

town (now See also:

• ELMIRA

Elmira), New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, on the 29th of August, burned their villages, and destroyed their orchards and crops . Although severely criticised for his conduct of the expedition, he received, in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1779, the thanks of Congress . In See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November he resigned from the army . Sullivan was again a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1780–1781 and, having accepted a See also:

• LOAN (adapted from the Scandinavian form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Swed. Mn, Icel. lan, Dut. leen; the O.E. laen appears in " lend," the ultimate source is seen in the root of Gr. Xeiaecv and Lat. linquere, to leave)

loan from the French See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister, See also:

• CHEVALIER, ALBERT (1861– )
• CHEVALIER, MICHEL (1806-1879)
• CHEVALIER, ULYSSE (1841– )

Chevalier de la Luzerne, he was charged with being influenced by the French in voting not to make the right to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• FISHERIES

fisheries a See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace . From 1782 to 1785 he was See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney-general of New Hampshire . He was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state in 1786–1787 and in 1789, and in 1786 suppressed an insurrection at See also:

• EXETER
• EXETER, EARL, MARQUESS AND DUKE OF

Exeter immediately pre-ceding the See also:

• SHAYS, DANIEL (1747–1825)

Shays See also:

• REBELLION

Rebellion in See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts . He presided over the New Hampshire See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention which ratified the Federal constitution in June 1788 . From 1789 until his See also:

• DEATH

death at Durham, on the 23rd of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1795, he was See also:

• UNITED

United States See also:

• DISTRICT

District See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

Judge for New Hampshire . See O .

W . B . See also:

• PEABODY
• PEABODY, ANDREW PRESTON (1811–1893)
• PEABODY, ELIZABETH PALMER (1804-1894)
• PEABODY, GEORGE (1795-1869)

Peabody " See also:

• LIFE

Life of John Sullivan " in Jared See also:

• SPARKS, JARED (1789-1866)

Sparks's Library of American See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

Biography, vol. iii . (Boston, 1844) ; T . C . See also:

• AMORY, THOMAS (c. 1691-1788)

Amory, General John Sullivan, A Vindication of his See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

Character as a Soldier and a Patriot (Morrisania, N.Y., 1867); John Scales, " See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

Master John Sullivan of Somersworth and Berwick and his Famity," in the Proceedings of the New Hampshire See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Society, vol. iv . (See also:

• CONCORD
• CONCORD, BOOK OF (Liber Concordiae)

Concord, 1906) ; and See also:

• JOURNALS

Journals of the Military Expedition of Major-General John Sullivan against the Six Nations of See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians (See also:

• AUBURN
• AUBURN (from the Low Lat. alburnus, whitish, light-coloured)

Auburn, N . Y., 1887) .