Serpentine Chest of Drawers Massachusetts, 1765-1785, highly figured single-board mahogany top over four long drawers, original bracket feet, 32 x 35-1/4 x 21-3/4 in., refinished, brasses replaced, some minor checking and warping to mahogany top, original feet and blocking with scattered cracks and repairs including small face patches at front foot corners, backboard with pest damage. Notes: General John Sullivan, a delegate in the Continental Congress, was commissioned as Brigadier General when George Washington was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. After War, Sullivan became New Hampshire’s Attorney General, elected and served as Governor of the state, then was appointed first federal judge of the United States District Court of New Hampshire by President George Washington. Sullivan was the First Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire. Towns in Illinois, New Hampshire, and New York are named after him, as well as Counties in those states, plus Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Missouri. Sullivan Street, crossroads of SoHo, West Village, and Greenwich Village honors Sullivan as one of the most active officers of the Revolutionary War, who received the personal thanks of Washington for his service in Westchester. The new pedestrian and bicycle bridge, under construction, over the Schuylkill River, connecting to trail network in Valley Forge National Historical Park, was named Sullivan’s Bridge, in honor of Major Gen. John Sullivan, from The Friends of Valley Forge Park’s bridge naming contest. Sullivan was the officer charged by General George Washington with building the original bridge across the Schuylkill River during the 1777-1778 Valley Forge winter encampment of the Continental Army.. Provenance: Collection of General John Sullivan, Revolutionary War hero, acquired from his direct descendant; sold Samuel T. Freeman & Co., October 22, 1962; the Collection of Mrs. N. McLean Seabrease, "The Kenilworth", Philadelphia, PA; Property of a Pennsylvania Family

refinished, brasses replaced, some minor checking and warping to mahogany top, original feet and blocking with scattered cracks and repairs including small face patches at front foot corners, backboard with pest damage