A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . on as practicalafter their capture a force was sent from Connecticut tooccupy the forts at Ticonderoga and Crown Point, N. Y., The Revolutionary War 105 and the Green Mountain Boys were discharged. Allen andothers then sought service for the colonies under the author-ity of New York, but as no reply was received Allen andWarner went to Philadelphia, Pa., and laid their case beforethe
A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . on as practicalafter their capture a force was sent from Connecticut tooccupy the forts at Ticonderoga and Crown Point, N. Y., The Revolutionary War 105 and the Green Mountain Boys were discharged. Allen andothers then sought service for the colonies under the author-ity of New York, but as no reply was received Allen andWarner went to Philadelphia, Pa., and laid their case beforethe Continental Congress. The Congress voted to pay theGreen Mountain Boys for their service at Ticonderoga andrecommended the colony of New York to authorize the for-mation of a regiment on the New Hampshire Grants underofficers of their own choice. With this recommendationand a letter from the president of Congress, Allen andWarner went to New York, the residence of their mostbitter enemies, and appeared before the provincial congressthen in session there, asking leave to form a regimentaccording to the advice of the Continental Congress. Theregiment was at length formed and Seth Warner was Soldiers Monument at ManchesterDedicated July 4, 1905, to the soldiers of all the wars i66 History of Vermont 4. Invasion of Canada.—In the early autumn of1775 an army was sent into Canada under the immediatecommand of General Montgomery, and Warners regimentmade a part of it. While the main army was besieging , Colonel Ethan Allen and Major John Brown, whohad been to Canada the spring before, with Peleg Sunder-land for a guide were sent, each with a small force, toarouse the Canadians for the American cause. When bothwere in the vicinity of Montreal, which was but slightlyprotected, they formed a plan for its capture. They wereto cross to the island in the night of September 4, 1775, andattack the town from opposite sides at dawn. Allen crossedover at the time app
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