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Montgomery Death at Quebec reshaped American fate
Elmo Scott Watson recalls Richard Montgomery born 1736 and dead 1776, noting his Quebec assault failed and could have altered the Revolutionary War. The piece details his career from Ireland to New York, his marriage to Janet Livingston, and the siege of Quebec ending with his death and posthumous honors in New York.
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Elmo Scott Watson E
Quebec
Richard Montgomery
Montgomery
Trinity College
Dublin
France
Great Britain
North American
West Indies
Martinique
Havana
New York
England
Edmund Burke
Charles James Fox
Isaac Barre
America
King’s Bridge
New York City
Janet Livingston
Robert R. Livingston
Dutchess County
Provincial Congress
Continental Congress
New England
Ethan Allen
Green Mountain Boys
Benedict Arnold
Ticonderoga
Canada
Philip Schuyler
Saratoga
Aaron Burr
Arnold
Guy Carleton
St. John’s Gate
Ely
Montreal
John André
Andre
John Andre
the. Hudson
Asa
Maine
Benedict
Burr
Morgan
Carleton
St. Louis Bastion
Council of
City of
St. Paul’s Church