MONTREAL, AN AMERICAN CITY SEVEN MONTHS UNDER CONGRESS
1776
THE CONGRESS ARMY EVACUATES MONTREAL
MONTREAL UNDER CONGRESS--GENERAL WOOSTER’S TROUBLES--MONEY AND
PROVISIONS SCARCE--MILITARY RULE--GENERAL CONFUSION--THE
CHATEAU DE RAMEZAY, AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS--THE COMMISSIONERS:
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, SAMUEL CHASE AND CHARLES CARROL--FLEURY
MESPLET, THE PRINTER--THE FAILURE OF THE COMMISSIONERS--NEWS
OF THE FLIGHT FROM QUEBEC--MONTREAL A STORMY SEA--THE
COMMISSIONERS FLY--THE WALKERS ALSO--THE EVACUATION BY THE
CONGRESS TROOPS--NOTES: I. PRINCIPAL REBELS WHO FLED; II.
DESCRIPTION OF DRESS OF AMERICAN RIFLES 79