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Richard Montgomery

A new look at a famous Revolutionary figure questions whether history’s long-standing judgment is accurate.

AT 9 O’CLOCK ON THE morning of September 25, 1775, a French Canadian habitant banged on the main gate of Montreal. The Americans were coming, he blurted breathlessly to a British officer.

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