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WAC-003-001-01-13-001
1776 February 19
Includes a copy of the resolution by the Continental Congress for William Smith to deliver this funeral oration. General Richard Montgomery was an Irish born Major General in the Continental Army; he died while trying to take Quebec City, December 31, 1775. The British gave him an honorable burial but in 1818 his remains were moved to New York.
[item identification], Washington College Presidents' papers, early Presidents' papers, WAC-003-001, Archives and Special Collections, Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland.
Printed by John Dunlap.