Born Oct. 3, 1754, Major Ebenezer Sullivan, brother to Gen.
John Sullivan, was a minuteman in 1775, taken prisoner at the Cedars on May
20th, 1776, exchanged in 1778. He died in South Carolina June 3rd, 1799.
John Sullivan was a
delegate in the Continental Congress, Governor of New Hampshire and a United
States Federal Judge. In 1799, he commanded the Sullivan Expedition, a scorched
earth campaign against the Iroquois towns that had taken up arms against the
American revolutionaries.
2 pp, land quit claim
witnessed and signed by Ebenezer Sullivan, April 5, 1787.
Very nice docketing on
verso mentioning Maj. Sullivan.
Folds and normal soiling
but overall excellent condition.
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