Sullivan was not to be an actor in the war's closing scenes, and the valor that gleams the name of Marion, the splendor of Greene's military intelligence, and the glory that is linked with the name of Washington at Yorktown were not his. Neither had he the methodical madness of Wayne, the pusillanimity of the self-seeking Gates, the recklessness of Pu^tnam, nor the aestheistic fatalism of Ethan Allan ; none of these things had Sullivan to carve his picture on men's memory. It may not be out of place here to give a short chronology of this man's life. He was born in Summerworth, N. H., in 1740. His parents were well-to-do emigrants from Ireland. He studied law and was a member of the first Congress, 1774. Was made Brigadier General 1775. In 1776 he superseded Arnold in Canada. Then he succeeded General Greene and was taken prisoner. He was ex-

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changed in November. In 1777 he took part in the battle of Brandywine, Germantown, and 1778 he commanded in Rhode Island, In 1779 he led the expedition against the Indians. He then resigned from the army and took np again the practice of law. He was a member of the State constitutional convention, then he was elected a member of Congress, and in '86, '87, '89 was president of his State. Later, in 1789, he was appointed District Judge, and died in 1795 at the age of 54 years. His personal characteristics are said to be that he was a dignified, genial and amiable man. He displayed a fine courtesy to those about him, both to his soldiers and compatriot generals. I quote the following paragraph from A. Tififany Norton, who I believe to be the one who has written the best account of the Indian campaign, and it is a wonder to me that one who sho^vs so broad a grasp of history and its essential principles and the elements that make for historical research, has never written more than he has.