New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-24
THE WIDOW OF MONTGOMERY.
FURTHER FACTS IN LIFE" MONTGOMERY
PLACE"-IHE QUEBEC EXPEDITION.
r1fyor n J6c TriBnup

FURTHER FACTS IN HER LIFE" MONTGOMERY
PLACE"-IHE QUEBEC EXPEDITION.
To the Edtt0F Of Thc Tribune.
SIR: Your just allusion to the widow Of
Cen Richard Montgomery in this mornings TRIBUNE
calls 70 mind the MEMORY of whose long wdowhOot
testfes not only to her abiding grief, but well also 10
the singular worth and merit of The noble character Of
the man whose She bore, and WHO vas rs datin-
gusaed IN bis private virtues he was in all his pubic
enterprises. Permit me, however TO note here the
illusions YOU make TO Montgomery Place the home OF
the widow. which Won speak Of as the "homc her hG.
band had provided her" and where she lived "for more
than generation acrwarda solitary life in the stately
place on the Hudson her soldier husband lad lett her,
and add the following facts in the homciie Of this
young and faithful couple.
Gen Mont gomery, OF his arrival in NewYoIk in 772.
purchased farm "at Kings Bridge" on which Was
subsequently erected Fort independence. On bis mar
ria ge with Janet Livingston they BEGAN their hoE'ekee-
ing III tie twos,ory frame house Rhincbcek located
the west side the post road, Montgomoy-s, i'm
mediat"ly north OF the Episcopal parsonage. Al-
parut.y rcmqusbng lis plans as 10 making home on
bis EDgsbrdse, due doubtless 10 the desire OF
remaining III The neishbCrhood q his hon@:cd fdncrin
law and lis family, he soon intcro ted himself IN build
ing mansion on some lands OF hi. wi;o locatn about
tnrcc-louihg of mile south of Bhneock and west OF
tle post road the 10" being known a5 Gr-ncrc the
residence Of Lewis IyIn4 ston, esq. Tie house not
cutie finished ut tie time he entered on Lis Canada car
paigp and HE wife accompanying linn as ia" as Su.oe a.
whore he Joined Gen. Schuyler, command, uerc pared
with him, never to see Linn again in liie
when tIdings of his death arrived, the house hUr
ricdlv completed which, tradition says, accounts for tie
!owncss Of the cdiHcc. Aud here she moved residing
tie place many year, when she purchased bran
FL, location on the hills overlooking the Hudson, about
eight miles north Rbiuebec whore she erected the
fue mansion which she named IN honor offer great hui
band Mont coluery Place she was much aided IN her
building ard planting hy the counsel and oversight Of
her husbands nephew the Hon. william JCnJs, the
vounccr SON If the Generals only sister, Vscouutcss
Rauelagh to whom he had UVd Ills kingsbridyc estate
as NAV bc seen IN his viii record at TOugikccp,ie
She had sold her property. Grasncrp, TO her sister
Joanna. wife OF Peter H. Livingston, and this latter let
tie estate to hi nephew Maiuin Livingston, Tic father
of the present cyUcv.
Tie early kIncheck home passed into stranger hands
and about the year 1850, The l0p0y being m the pos
session Of Nj LdecTiv, this gentleman moved the house
to The upper side OF one 81 c cross streets ~ tie town.
and when visited II in lNIi II Wa Occullcd by Mr.
Welsh. The house remains substantially unchanged
from the time when il occupied 10y the distinguished
car The caI5Oardn;, however. Is sad 10 be new.
Mout orcr, Place was left by somcry 10 her
niece. NIs Thomas p Barton, thc only child OF her
fayolitc brother, The Hon. Edward Livingstone wLJ
leaving children, her cousins the present fair posses
gors enjoy life estate Of Il hy her Wil aud It evenu-
ally reyerts to Mr Lewis Livingstone above referred TO
indebted for the valuable lttlc tract recently
printed POugikeep>ic IN which are recorded the
which bears witness 10 the noble "id0"hQod or one Of
whom il is related thai when IN alter years addressed bYa
distinguished person Tor her Land she replied 10 him that
nothing could induce 10 part with the her has
band had bestowed on Hcr. or Gen. Culnms admirable
and thorough tract on Montsnmeis life, IT may be well
said that has gwen in the.e lew pages the best
military account OF Mont ,OnyiY ) part III the Q9rbCc
pelitiOn l175, and which have reason 10 believe
written only after careful personal study % The locality
OF the tragedy and thorough examination OF The local
recOr IN. j. II. n.
Neic- iork, MarchI9. 1877.