Letters, 1847, 1860.

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Letters, 1847, 1860.

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Two letters written by Sullivan. The later of the letters, dated 1860, is to the editor and historian Henry Barton Dawson (1821-1869), expressing the writer's happiness that Dawson is "very willing to do justice to the character of my grandfather Genl Sullivan" and enclosing the other letter which is the original draft of one written by the grandson in 1847 to Dr. Alfred Langdon Elwyn (1804-1884) "in answer to strictures published by him on the conduct of Sullivan in the battle of Brandywine." The 1847 letters is a forty page review and defense of General Sullivan's conduct in the Brandywine engagement and it quotes from several contemporary (1777) letters containing data relative to the subject. The letter to Dawson is tipped between the fifth and sixth leaves of the other letter.

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Sullivan, John, 1740-1795

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John Sullivan (February 17, 1740 – January 23, 1795) was a Founding Father of the United States and an American General in the Revolutionary War winning several key battles most notably the Delaware crossing. He was a delegate in the Continental Congress, where he signed the Continental Association, the third governor of New Hampshire, and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. Born in Somersworth in the Province of New Hampshire,...

Elwyn, Alfred L. (Alfred Langdon), 1804-1884

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Physician and father-in-law of S. Weir Mitchell. From the description of Letter, 1859, May 18 : Philadelphia. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35060218 ...

Dawson, Henry B. (Henry Barton), 1821-1889

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Henry Barton Dawson was an American editor, historian and antiquarian bookseller. From the description of Henry B. Dawson papers, 1859-1892. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122465987 From the guide to the Henry B. Dawson papers, 1859-1892, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Henry Barton Dawson (1821–1889) was an American journalist, historian and temperance reformer. From the guide to the Henry B. Dawson Letter, 1864, (Speci...

Sullivan, John, 1935-

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Epithet: Irish tenor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x000249 Grandson of the American Revolutionary General, John Sullivan of New Hampshire (1740-1795). From the description of Letters, 1847, 1860. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122515156 John Sullivan was the grandson of Major General John Sullivan who served at Brandywine in the Revolutionary Wa...