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Montgomery, Richard, fl. 1775-1778 to Robert R. Livingston re: Canada, wishes to be home

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07496 Author/Creator: Montgomery, Richard, fl. 1775-1778 Place Written: Camp near St. Johns [Canada] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: [1775]/10/05 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 30.9 cm, Width: 18.4 cm Order a Copy

"Our Liberties are so intimately connected with freedom in Canada... would I were at my plough again!" (Montgomery is writing to his brother-in-law.)

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