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Schuyler near Saratoga, on his way to Ticonderoga, he said 

 to her: "You shall never blush for your Montgomery." 

 He led the forlorn hope of his command at the assault on the 

 citadel, and the large sign upon the precipice of Cape Diamond, 

 below the fortress, "Here Montgomery fell, December 31, 

 1775," shows that he kept his pledge. The news of his 

 gallantry and death called forth the praises of Burke, Fox, 

 Barre, and others of the British Parliament, until Lord North 

 was moved to exclaim: "Curse on his virtues; he has undone 

 his country!" 



After the war, in 181 8, his remains were brought to New 

 York City by order of the American Congress and placed in 

 the front of St. Paul's Church at Broadway and Vesey Street; 

 and a white marble tablet was erected to commemorate his 

 services. Many thousands of people pass the church daily 

 without knowing, or caring, that here is buried one of the 

 earliest, bravest, and noblest of the heroes of the Revolution. 



Inscriptions on the Montgomery tablet at St. Paul's Church : 



" This Monument is erected by the order of Congress 

 25 th Jan' 1 ', 1776, to tranfmit to Pofterity a grateful remem- 

 brance of the patriotism conduct enterprize & performance 



of Major General RICHARD MONTGOMERY 

 who after a feries of succefses amidft the most difcouraging 

 Difficulties Fell in the attack on 



QUEBEC. 31". Dec br ., 1775. Aged 37 Years." 



"The State of New York 



Caused the Remains of 



Maj. Gen'. RICHARD MONTGOMERY 



to be conveyed from Quebec 



and deposited beneath this Monument 



the 8 th day of July 



1818." 



