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Martin, _Le Marquis de Montcalm_; Guerin, _Montcalm_; _Manuscrits de Levis_, ed. by Casgrain, vols. 6 and 7. =Monteagle, Thomas Spring-Rice, Baron= (1790-1866). British statesman. =Index=: =Sy= Chancellor of the Exchequer, 55, 56; elevated to the peerage as Lord Monteagle, 57. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._ =Montgomery, John=. =W= Becomes member of New Brunswick government, 72. =T= Surveyor-general, 41. =Montgomery, John= (1783-1879). Born in Gagetown, New Brunswick. Accompanied his father to York about 1799, where he settled. Served with the York Volunteers during the War of 1812-1814. An active supporter of the Reform party in Upper Canada. At outbreak of Rebellion of 1837 was a boarder at the tavern, of which he was owner, on Yonge Street, Toronto. Charged with treason and arrested; imprisoned at Fort Henry, but escaped to the United States. After the passing of the Amnesty Act, returned to Canada and appointed postmaster at Davidtown. =Index=: =Mc= Banished, 437; escapes from Fort Henry, 437; president of Association of Canadian Refugees, 448. =Bib.=: Dent, _Upper Canadian Rebellion_. =Montgomery, Richard= (1736-1775). Born in Ireland. Entered the British army, 1754, and in 1757 stationed at Halifax, Nova Scotia; served under Wolfe at the siege of Louisbourg, and in 1759 in command of the force that captured the French forts on Lake Champlain; in 1760 took part in the campaign against Montreal; in 1775 joined the American revolutionists; made brigadier-general, and in command of expedition to Canada; after reducing the fortresses of St. Johns and Chambly, and capturing Montreal, laid siege to Quebec, and on a final and unsuccessful attack on Dec. 31, 1775, mortally wounded. =Index=: =Dr= Commands American force on Lake Champlain, 96; his previous service in British army, 97; captures fort at St. Johns, 102; greatly assisted by boats captured from Carleton, 114; describes difficulty of taking Quebec, 115; joins Arnold at Pointe-aux-Trembles, 116; his summons and warning to Carleton, 118; despondent, 123; attacks Quebec, 125; his death, 126; his body recovered from snow and buried, 132. =Hd= Captures Montreal, 111; death of, 112; inhabitants neutral during attack of, 127. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._; Bradley, _The Making of Canada_; Lucas, _History of Canada_; Smith, _Our Struggle for the Fourteenth Colony_; Jones, _The Campaign for the Conquest of Canada in 1776_. =Montigny, Abbe de.= =L= Title borne by Laval in hi
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