Albany January 13th 1776 ー 6 o'Clock P.M.
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Sir. Within this half Hour Mr [Edward] Antill arrived with the unfortunate Account contained in the enclosed; My amiable and gallant Friend General Montgomery is not more, he fell in an unsuccessfull Attack on Quebec on the 30th Ult ー My Feelings on this unhappy Occassion are too poignant to admit of Expression. ー May Heaven avert any further Evils.
In the present critical Situation of Affairs, it is evident to me, that Nothing but the immediate March of a Body of Troops into Canada, can secure that province for the Canadians as I have heretofore observed, are not to be depended upon, only one hundred and sixty were at Quebec with Colonel [James Livingston] and those behaved ill as Mr Antill will inform you.
Congress undoubtedly conceives it to be advantageous to the Course of America to sit at Philadelphia; but they will be good enough to permit me to suggest the Necessity of a full empowered Committee immediately to repair to this place.
1. Papers CC (Letters of Major General Philip Schuyler), 153, I, 396-98, NA.
