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  1. William [citation needed] John Sullivan (more commonly known as John Sullivan; born December 6, 1976 [citation needed]) is a software freedom activist, hacker, and writer. John was formerly executive director of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), where he has worked since early 2003.

  2. 10. Apr. 2024 · Siege of Boston. John Sullivan (born February 17, 1740, Somersworth, New Hampshire [U.S.]—died January 23, 1795, Durham, New Hampshire, U.S.) was an early U.S. political leader and officer in the American Revolution who won distinction for his defeat of the Iroquois Indians and their loyalist allies in western New York (1779).

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
    • Early Life & Career
    • Patriot
    • Brigadier General
    • Captured
    • Return to Action
    • Battle of Rhode Island
    • Sullivan Expedition
    • Congress & Later Life

    Born February 17, 1740 in Somersworth, NH, John Sullivan was the third son of the local schoolmaster. Receiving a thorough education, he elected to pursue a legal career and read law with Samuel Livermore in Portsmouth between 1758 and 1760. Completing his studies, Sullivan married Lydia Worster in 1760 and three years later opened his own practice...

    Chosen as a delegate to the First Continental Congress, Sullivan traveled to Philadelphia that September. While there he supported the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress which outlined colonial grievances against Britain. Sullivan returned to New Hampshire in November and worked to built local support for the document. Alert...

    With the formation of the Continental Army and selection of General George Washington its commander, Congress moved forward with appointing other general officers. Receiving a commission as a brigadier general, Sullivan departed the city in late June to joined the army at the Siege of Boston. Following the liberation of Boston in March 1776, he rec...

    Rejoining Washington's army at New York, Sullivan assumed command of those forces positioned on Long Island as Major General Nathanael Greene had fallen ill. On August 24, Washington replaced Sullivan with Major General Israel Putnam and assigned him to command a division. On the American right at the Battle of Long Islandthree days later, Sullivan...

    Formally exchanged for Brigadier General Richard Prescott in September, Sullivan returned to the army as it retreated across New Jersey. Leading a division that December, his men moved along the river road and played a key role in the American victory at the Battle of Trenton. A week later, his men saw action at the Battle of Princeton before movin...

    Tasked with expelling the British garrison from Newport, Sullivan spent the spring stockpiling supplies and making preparations. In July, word arrived from Washington that he could expect aid from French naval forces led by Vice Admiral Charles Hector, comte d'Estaing. Arriving late that month, d'Estaing met with Sullivan and devised an attack plan...

    In early 1779, following a series of attacks and massacres on the Pennsylvania-New York frontier by British rangers and their Iroquois allies, Congress directed Washington to dispatch forces to the region to eliminate the threat. After command of the expedition was turned down by Major General Horatio Gates, Washington selected Sullivan to lead the...

    In increasingly ill health and frustrated by Congress, Sullivan resigned from the army in November and returned to New Hampshire. Hailed as a hero at home, he rebuffed the approaches of British agents who sought to turn him and accepted election to Congress in 1780. Returning to Philadelphia, Sullivan worked to resolve the status of Vermont, deal w...

  3. John Sullivan. Title Major General. War & Affiliation Revolutionary War / Patriot. Date of Birth - Death February 17, 1740 - January 23, 1795. The son of Irish immigrants, New Hampshire’s John Sullivan made a trying life for himself as an attorney.

  4. 21. Feb. 2022 · America’s last man standing in Moscow. John Sullivan, the U.S. ambassador to Russia, is a Donald Trump appointee whom Joe Biden asked to stay. Now, he’s watching American — and family — history...

  5. John Sullivan, American Revolutionary general, led the campaign with General James Clinton to destroy the Indians' ability to support the British. In a time before there were any books of local history, people knew about the invasion of the Indian country from oral tradition embroidered with legend. In Tompkins County they thought it had ...

  6. William Sullivan (pitcher) (1864–1911), baseball player for the St. Louis Maroons; Others. William John Sullivan (born 1976), software freedom activist, hacker, and writer; William Laurence Sullivan (1872–1935), Unitarian clergyman and author; William L. Sullivan (author) (born 1953), American author; William D. Sullivan, United ...