Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 1. by Matthew L. (Matthew Livingston) Davis
page 71 of 542 (13%)
page 71 of 542 (13%)
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JAS. DUANE.
General MONTGOMERY. GENERAL MONTGOMERY'S ANSWER. DEAR SIR, I have been honoured with your letter of the 21st inst. My acknowledgments are due for the attention shown me by the Congress. I submit, with great cheerfullness, to any regulation they, in their prudence, shall judge expedient. Laying aside the punctilio of the _soldier_, I shall endeavour to discharge my duty to society, considering myself only as the _citizen_, reduced to the melancholy necessity of taking up arms for the public safety. I am, &c., R. M. Answer. The preceding is endorsed, in the handwriting of General Montgomery, on the back of Mr. Duane's letter. The laxity of the discipline which pervaded the camp at Cambridge, the inexperience of the officers, and the contests and petty squabbles |
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