. History of the state of New York, political and governmental;. Philip Schuyler Philip Schuyler; born in Albany, N. Y., November 22, 1733;served in the colonial army; resigned in 1757 and was sentto England to settle claims in 1758; delegate to continentalcongress, 1775-1777; state senator from western New Yorkdistrict, 1780-84, 1786-89 and 1792-97; again delegate to con-tinental congress, 1788-81; United States senator, 1789-91;1797-98; died in Albany, N. Y., November 18, Richard Montgomery Richard Montgomery, delegate to 1st provincial conventionand soldier; born in Dublin, Ireland,
. History of the state of New York, political and governmental;. Philip Schuyler Philip Schuyler; born in Albany, N. Y., November 22, 1733;served in the colonial army; resigned in 1757 and was sentto England to settle claims in 1758; delegate to continentalcongress, 1775-1777; state senator from western New Yorkdistrict, 1780-84, 1786-89 and 1792-97; again delegate to con-tinental congress, 1788-81; United States senator, 1789-91;1797-98; died in Albany, N. Y., November 18, Richard Montgomery Richard Montgomery, delegate to 1st provincial conventionand soldier; born in Dublin, Ireland, December 2, 1736; grad-uated from Trinity college, Dublin at the age of 18 and enteredthe British army as an ensign in the 17th infantry; shortlyafterward was ordered to America to take part in the expedi-tion against Louisburg; promoted to be a captain in 1762 andserved in the expeditions against Martinique and Havana; re-turned to Europe in 1772, coming back to America in 1773 whenhe married a daughter of Robert Livingston; in April, 1775 waschosen to represent Dutchess county at the first provincial con-vention and in June of the same year was appointed one of theeight brigadier generals—and the only one not from New Eng-land—to lead the expedition against Quebec; he fell in theattack on Quebec December 31, 1775 and a monument waserected to him in St. Pauls churchyard, New York City wheremany years later his remains were transferred. 1777] THE FIRST GOVERNOR 65 foun
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