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mortal wound received by--letter of, to General Townshend, recommending prisoners to humane treatment--and Wolfe, monument erected to, i. 300.

Montgomery, Richard, by the side of Wolfe in the attack upon Louisburg in 1758, i. 261; appointed brigadier-general in the continental army--brother-in-law of Robert R. Livingston, i. 548; letter of, to General Schuyler, in relation to his movement on Isle aux Noix--Schuyler's affection for and confidence in, i. 663; siege of St. John on the Sorel conducted by, i. 670; insubordination in the camp of, at St. John, i. 671, 676; blamed for generosity toward prisoners, i. 680, 705; determination of, to advance on Montreal, i. 698; anxiety of, on his entering Canada, for a junction with Arnold--troops of, unwilling to follow him to Canada--Montreal abandoned by Sir Guy Carleton on the approach of--large quantities of woollen clothing found in Montreal by--anxiety of, to proceed to Quebec, i. 700, 701; mortification of, at the unwillingness of his troops to advance on Quebec, i. 703; letter of, to Schuyler, complaining of the want of _gentlemen_ among his officers, i. 704; deserted by many of his New-England troops and Green Mountain Boys,