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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsSULLIVAN, James
(1744—1808)
SULLIVAN, James, (brother of John Sullivan and uncle of George Sullivan), a Delegate from Massachusetts; born in Berwick, Maine (then a part of Massachusetts), April 22, 1744; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar about 1782 and commenced practice in Biddeford; King’s attorney for York County; active in pre-Revolutionary movements; member of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts in 1774 and 1775; member of the general court in 1775 and 1776; justice of the superior court 1776-1782; elected to the Continental Congress in 1782 and 1783 but did not attend; member of the executive council in 1787; judge of probate for Suffolk County in 1788; state attorney general 1790-1807; governor of Massachusetts in 1807 and 1808; died in Boston, Mass., December 10, 1808; interment in Central Boston Common Cemetery.
Bibliography
Sprague, John Francis. Three Men from Maine: Sir William Pepperrell, Sir William Phips, James Sullivan
. And A Bit of Old England in New England
by Bertram E. Packard. Dover-Foxcroft, Maine: Sprague’s Journal of Maine History, 1924.
Sprague, John Francis. Three Men from Maine: Sir William Pepperrell, Sir William Phips, James Sullivan
. And A Bit of Old England in New England
by Bertram E. Packard. Dover-Foxcroft, Maine: Sprague’s Journal of Maine History, 1924.
Sullivan, James. The History of Land Titles in Massachusetts
. 1801. Reprint, buffalo: W. S. Hein, 1981.
———. History of the District of Maine
. 1795. Reprint, Augusta: Maine State Museum, [1970].
———. An Impartial Review of the Causes and Principles of the French Revolution
. Boston: Printed by Benjamin Edes, 1798.
———. Interesting Correspondence Between His Excellency Governor Sullivan and Col. Pickering; in which the Latter Vindicates Himself Against the Groundless Charges Made Against Him by the Governor and Others
. Newburyport: From the Herald-Office. Sold at the Bookstore of Thomas & Whipple, 1808.
———. The Path to Riches. An Inquity into the Origin and Use of Money, and Into the Principles of Stocks and Banks. To Which are Subjoined Some Thoughts Respecting a Bank for the Commonwealth. By a Citizen of Massachusetts
. 1792. Reprint, [New York: Reprinted, W. Abbatt, 1933].
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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