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Revolutionary War: John Sullivan

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Revolutionary War: John Sullivan

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Auction Date:2011 Feb 09 @ 19:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
American general in the Revolutionary War and a delegate in the Continental Congress. Sullivan served as a major general in the Continental Army and as Governor (or President) of New Hampshire. He is most famous for leading the Sullivan Expedition in 1779, a scorched earth campaign against the Iroquois towns that had taken up arms against the American revolutionaries. Revolutionary War-dated LS signed as General of the Continental Army, “Jno Sullivan,” one page, 7.25 x 9, August 3, 1778. Letter to Benjamin Stelle, ordering payment of $12,000 to Thomas Green “for the use of his Department and this shall be your sufficient warrant given at Head Quarters.” Second blank integral page has been professionally inlaid to a slightly larger sheet. In very good condition, with moderate toning and soiling to page, and several tape repairs on reverse. George Washington selected Sullivan, a major general, to assume command of Fort Barton and to prepare for an invasion of Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island.