The death of General Montgomery, in storming the city of Quebec. A tragedy. : With an ode, in honour of the Pennsylvania Militia, and the small band of regular Continental troops, who sustained the campaign, in the depth of winter, January, 1777, and repulsed the British forces from the banks of the Delaware. / By the author of a dramatic piece, on the Battle of Bunkers's Hill. ; To which are added, elegiac pieces, commemorative of distinguished characters. By different gentlemen. ; [One line from Virgil, with Pitt's translation]
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The death of General Montgomery, in storming the city of Quebec. A tragedy. : With an ode, in honour of the Pennsylvania Militia, and the small band of regular Continental troops, who sustained the campaign, in the depth of winter, January, 1777, and repulsed the British forces from the banks of the Delaware. / By the author of a dramatic piece, on the Battle of Bunkers's Hill. ; To which are added, elegiac pieces, commemorative of distinguished characters. By different gentlemen. ; [One line from Virgil, with Pitt's translation]
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Brackenridge, H. H. (Hugh Henry), 1748-1816.
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Philadelphia: :: Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street, next door to St. Paul's Church.,
M,DCC,LXXVII. [1777]
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Montgomery, Richard, 1738-1775.
Québec (Québec) -- History -- Siege, 1775-1776 -- Drama.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama.
"The death of General Montgomery, in storming the city of Quebec. A tragedy. : With an ode, in honour of the Pennsylvania Militia, and the small band of regular Continental troops, who sustained the campaign, in the depth of winter, January, 1777, and repulsed the British forces from the banks of the Delaware. / By the author of a dramatic piece, on the Battle of Bunkers's Hill. ; To which are added, elegiac pieces, commemorative of distinguished characters. By different gentlemen. ; [One line from Virgil, with Pitt's translation]." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N12088.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 17, 2025.
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DRAMATIS PERSONAE.
MONTGOMERY.
General and Commander in Chief of the Expedition to Canada.
ARNOLD.
Commander in Chief of the Division which effected a March to Canada by the way of the river Kennebec.
CAMPBELL.
Colonel in the Division under General Montgo|mery, and Deputy Quarter Master General.
MECGS.
Major in the Division under General Arnold.
MACPHERSON.
Aid-de-Camp to General Montgomery, and from the Delaware State.
BURR.
Aid-de-Camp to General Montgomery.
HENDRICKS.
Captain in the Pennsylvania Forces.
CHEESEMAN.
Captain in the New-York Forces.
OSWALD.
A gallant Voluntier from the State of Connecticut.
MORGAN.
Captain in the Virginia Troops.
CHAPLAIN.
The Reverend Samuel Spring.
SURGEON—GUIDE—SOLDIERY, &c.
GHOST of General Wolfe.
CARLETON.
Commander in Chief in Quebec, and Governor of Canada.
MACLEAN.
Colonel in the British Forces in Quebec.
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