Brown, Jacob

(1775-1828), had been a militia general in New York when the War of 1812 called out his abilities. He gained a victory at Sackett’s Harbor in 1813, was made a major-general in the regular army, and in 1814 won the victories of Chippewa and Lundy’s Lane. In 1821 he succeeded to the command of the army as general-in-chief.; Brown, John (1736-1803), of Providence, R. I, a rich merchant, led the party which destroyed the ‘‘Gaspee” in 1772. He was a delegate from Rhode Island to Congre from 1799 to 1801.