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Title: Jules Daverzac; No. 225 Jules Daverzac
Identifier(s): text:325944
Description: Poem that eulogizes Gen. R[ichard] Montgomery.; In French
Subject: Montgomery, Richard, 1738-1775
Date: 1818-07; 2021

Title: Huntington, Jedediah to Andrew Huntington, 1776 March 13; No. 584 Jedediah Huntington to Andrew Huntington
Identifier(s): text:348994
Description: Acknowledges previous intelligence from him regarding a report that Gen. [Richard] Montgomery joined Col. [Benedict] Arnold in Canada "with a respectable Army" and remarks that the friendly behavior of the Canadians and the Indians is more favorable than could be expected; comments that "all Fears from [John Murray] Lord Dunmore at the Southward will now be at an End"; expresses "great Expectations from our Fleet" provided they do not act hastily; informs him that enemy troops destined for the South were delayed leaving Boston and that the latter were "not a little Shagrined" by news that Lord Dunmore was routed.
Creator: Huntington, Jedediah, 1743-1818et al
Subject: Huntington, Andrew, 1745-1824; Montgomery, Richard, 1738-1775; Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801; Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809
Date: 1776-03-13; 2022

Title: Gates, Horatio to Charles Lee, 1776 January 22; No. 363 Horatio Gates to Charles Lee
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:908
Description: Remarks that [Richard] Montgomery's fate will induce Congress "to Cast their Eyes on You" and mentions that [Henry] Knox said that [Philip] Schuyler wishes to be excused from acting as a general and that there is agreement that [David] "Worcester" [Wooster] is too old for that service; informs him about a report that all goes well in Philadelphia and that the King's [George III's] speech "has had a Noble Effect in Fixing all the wavering to the cause of Freedom & America"; informs him about prize vessels that were recently captured; requests that he transmit any news from Canada and inquires about his opinion regarding American affairs there; [postscript]: informs him that a pamphlet entitled Common Sense, which is "an excellent performance," has come from Philadelphia and expresses the opinion that [Benjamin] Franklin "has been principally concern'd in the Composition"; requests that he recommend a young man to "Bob" [Robert] Morris for a position in the latter's counting house; remarks that many people think General Wooster "put the worst complexion" on intelligence from Canada "that he might be succoured the more expeditiously."; Typescript transcription on microfilm.; American Philosophical Society
Creator: Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806et al
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Public opinion; George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Montgomery, Richard, 1738-1775; United States. Congress
Date: 1776-01-22; 2020