JOURNALS OF THE MILITARY EXPEDITION OF MAJOR GENERAL JOHN SULLIVAN AGAINST THE SIX NATIONS OF INDIANS IN 1779 With Records of Centennial Celebrations. by Cook, Frederick, et. al - 1887

Knapp, Peck & Thomson, Auburn, NY: ., 1887 pp. xv, 579, (2) + 4 Engraved portraits + 5 Fold out maps in pockets, and other folding maps in the text. 270 mm. 4to. Original gilt lettered brown cloth binding, worn and broken at interior joints. Sewing still tight. XLib. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Prepared Pursuant to Chapter 361, Laws of the State of New York, of 1885, by Frederick Cook, Secretary of State. With Journals of Officers, Centennial Celebrations at Elmira, Seneca, Livingston, Cayuga Counties, and addresses, biographical sketches, letters and poems. John Sullivan (1740-1795) was an American General in the Revolutionary War, a delegate in the Continental Congress, Governor of New Hampshire and a United States federal judge. In the summer of 1779, Sullivan led the 'Sullivan Expedition' - a massive campaign against the Iroquois (that were unfriendly to the Revolutionaries) in western New York. 'During this campaign, troops destroyed a very large Cayuga settlement, called Coreorgonel, on what is now the southwest side of Ithaca, New York. To reach the enemy homeland, Sullivan's army took a southernly route to western New York through northeast Pennsylvania, which required creating a new road through lightly inhabited areas of the Pocono Mountains, which still exists and is known as Sullivan's Trail. He pushed his troops so hard that their horses became unusable, and killed them on this campaign, creating the namesake for Horseheads, New York. The lukewarm response of the Congress was more than he could accept. Broken, tired and again opposed by Congress, he retired from the army in 1779 and returned to New Hampshire. Around this time, Sullivan was approached by British agents who tried to persuade him to switch sides. This was part of a concerted effort of approaches to other Generals such as Moses Hazen, Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold who it was believed were unhappy with their treatment by Congress and had lost their faith in the goal of American independence. It was a strategy with mixed results_but which produced the notable defection of Arnold. But at home Sullivan was a hero.'- WIKI. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA35 / YHS. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good.