Showing posts with label John Sullivan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Sullivan. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Diary of Christopher Marshall, August 22, 1774

Arrived, brig Sea Nymph, Captain Moore, from Charleston, South Carolina, with whom [came] passengers Thomas Lynch and Christopher Gadsden, two of is give the delegates from that Province. The latter end of this week came to town, Col. Nathaniel Fulson and Major John Sullivan, delegates from New Hampshire.

SOURCE: William Duane, Editor, Passages from the Diary of Christopher Marshall, Kept in Philadelphia and Lancaster during the American Revolution, Vol. 1, 1774-1777, p. 10

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Journal of Captain John Montresor, Sunday, June 15, 1777

Middle Bush. Accounts received this afternoon that Washington with the rebel Army had fled to Corryall's Ferry in order to cross to the River Delaware leaving behind to amuse us, General Sullivan and 2000 men. Escort to and from Brunswick. 3 deserters but ill informed. Tis supposed by us that the Rebel Army is still posted on the Shannock Hills.

SOURCE: G. D. Scull, Editor, The Montresor Journals, p. 422