Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Biographical Sketch of Major-General Richard Montgomery of the Continental Army, Who Fell in the Assault of Quebec, December 31, 1775
On the last day of the year preceding that of our Declaration of Independence, there fell one of the noblest martyrs to liberty major - gener AL richard montgomery - Whose death was mourned by friends and foes, and whose memory, after the lapse of a century, still lives in the grateful hearts of the millions of freemen of this giant Republic, whose foundation was sprinkled with his blood.
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