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engraving, portrait of Major General John Sullivan in military uniform. Inscribed SULLIVAN. on plate; "Jn. Sullivan" handwriiten in ink below. Framed on the reverse of HD 62.222A
John Sullivan (1740-1795) was never the most charismatic or successful American general. He briefly commanded the collapsing Canadian Army in 1776 and was captured at the Battle of Long Island. He returned from captivity bearing British offers to negotiate, which were received poorly. He commanded the army assigned to cooperate with the French in Rhode Island in 1778 before finally being assigned to lead the main force sent against Iroquoia. Sullivan’s was the largest of three American armies that attacked Iroquoia, which is an area of present day New York and home to the Haudenosaunee, and Sullivan remains most associated with the destruction that resulted. After the war, he served as a politician, becoming a delegate to the Continental Congress, the New Hampshire attorney general, the New Hampshire speaker of the house, and the President of New Hampshire (a position now known as governor).
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