Durham. August 23th 1785 Sir,

Mr. Moses Parsons having requested me1 to write you whether I suppose it would be of public advantage to admit Mr. Robert Peasley as a witness for the Common Wealth in the Cases now tryable in your state Government agt. counterfeiters. I can only say that I suppose him likely to know as much as any other person now with you & if he should upon conversation previous to the tryal promise to reveal all he knows & let you into the particulars which he will relate I think you may rely upon his not deceiving you.

I am with much respect, Sir your most obedient servant Jno. Sullivan

RC ; internal address: “Honble. Robert Treat Pain Esqr.”

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Gen. John Sullivan (1740–1795) was the first lawyer at Durham, N.H., and served in the army during the Revolution, as a delegate to the Continental Congress, and as New Hampshire attorney general (1782–1786). He was the brother of James Sullivan, later attorney general of Massachusetts (American National Biography).