Letter from to Jennet [Janet], widow of Major General Richard Montgomery, from the State of New York. Notifying her that, an Act of the Legislature passed April 17, 1784, entitles her to seven years of her late husband's half pay, or £2700.16
Object type: Manuscript
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Janet Livingston Montgomery|Richard Montgomery
Artist bio: American, 1743–1827|American, born Ireland 1736–1775 Quebec
Artist role: Subject|Subject
Artist nationality: American|American, born Ireland
Date: June 5, 1785
Medium: Pen and ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 5 11/16 × 7 13/16 in. (14.4 × 19.9 cm)
Classification: Manuscripts
Credit line: The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954
Accession year: 1954