The New England historical and genealogical register . nterprises, for which he bad as good authority as the people of Massa-chusetts had, when, in 1689, they took the responsibility of overturningtheir government, seizing and confining the royal governor. An orderhad been issued by George III, prohibiting the exportation of gunpowderand other military stores to these American Colonies. As soon as theCommittee of Safety at Boston had received it, they despatched a copy ofit to Portsmouth. There a company was secretly organized, who, underthe conduct of Major Sullivan and Capt. John Langdon, pr
The New England historical and genealogical register . nterprises, for which he bad as good authority as the people of Massa-chusetts had, when, in 1689, they took the responsibility of overturningtheir government, seizing and confining the royal governor. An orderhad been issued by George III, prohibiting the exportation of gunpowderand other military stores to these American Colonies. As soon as theCommittee of Safety at Boston had received it, they despatched a copy ofit to Portsmouth. There a company was secretly organized, who, underthe conduct of Major Sullivan and Capt. John Langdon, proceeded toCastle William and Mary at Great Island, captured the fort without harmto any one, put the Captain of it in confinement, and brought off one hun-dred barrels of powder. The next day another Company carried off fif-teen of the largest cannon, and all the small arms and some other warlikestores. This was about the middle of December. The next year the Continental Congress appointed Sullivan a Brigadier L * See Genealogical Register, I, 13S Memoir of Gen. John Sullivan. General. The following year he superseded Arnold in the command ofthe army in Canada; and though driven out of that Province by the power of the enemy, he conducted his retreat with consummate skilland prudence. His conduct was appreciated by Congress, and he wasalready a favorite of the soldiers. After the retreat from Canada he wasin command on Long Island at New York. In the battle of the 13th ofAugust, 1776, among others, Sullivan and Lord Stirling were taken pris-oners. Being paroled, Sullivan was charged with a message to Congressfrom Lord Howe. Meanwhile the brave Col. Barton of Providence havingcaptured Gen. Prescott on Rhode Island, the General was given in ex-change for Sullivan. The next affair of importance in which Gen. Sullivan was engaged wasthe battle of Trenton, in which he commanded the right division, and the left. At the battle of the Brandy wine he had a d
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