By The
Following Documents, Which Come To Me With Every Guarantee Of Reliability
In The Writer, It Would Appear That The Gallant General Wolfe, Before
Expiring On The Plains Of Abraham, On The 13th Of Sept, 1759, Bequeathed
His Pistols And Sash To One Of The Surgeons Who Attended Him.
Dr. Elihu or
Edward Tudor was a Welshman, born in 1733.
He graduated at Yale College,
1750, joined the English army in 1755, was present at the taking of
Quebec, and left the service about 1767, receiving a pension and grant of
land from the English Government. These relics are now in the possession
of Dr. Tudor's grand daughter, Mrs. Strong, at Monkton, awaiting farther
particulars.
I remain, Dear Sir,
Yours, &c.
J. M. LeMoine.
STATE OF VERMONT,
SENATE CHAMBER,
MONKTON, April 26th, 1875.
J. M. LeMoine, Esq., Literary and Historical Society, Quebec.
SIR, - Please find enclosed statement of Mrs. Strong relative to the
pistols and sash of Gen. Wolfe. You will undoubtedly remember that I wrote
to you last winter, and that you answered asking for something more
authentic. Consequently I drew up a set of questions, leaving after each
question space for answer. Now I return them to you. There is no question
in the minds of people here about the facts as stated by Mrs. Strong. The
authority of the matter is as established here as that Mr. Harrower is
proprietor of Gen. Montgomery's sabre. I should be very happy to receive
one of the books that are being prepared of that era in the history of
Quebec.
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