Revolutionary War-dated manuscript document signed “John Winslow, A.P.M.,” one page, 7.25 x 4, early 1776. A handwritten “Account of Monies Paid Col. James Livingston” from September 1775 to February 1776, which includes a “Cash p’d him by G. Montgomery” and amounts to a total of £890. The lower portion reads: “You will see by the Acco’ts of his Regiment settl’d that he has Acco’t for some part of the above, you will remember his Receipts to me which are mention’d in my Acco’ts sent down.” In fine condition.
James Livingston (1747–1832) was living in the Province of Quebec (as it was known following the French and Indian War) when the American Revolutionary War broke out. He was responsible for raising and leading the 1st Canadian Regiment of the Patriots' Continental Army during the invasion of northeastern Canada and continued to serve in the war until 1781.
The referenced Richard Montgomery (1738–1775) was an Irish-born American military officer who first served in the British Army and later became a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He is most famous for leading the unsuccessful 1775 invasion of northeastern Quebec, which cost him his life.
