The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women whose bravery and sacrifice led up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Jan. 19, 1776
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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At his Cambridge headquarters, Gen. George Washington finally received dispatches from the north, sent on Dec. 31, 1775, informing him for the first time that the assault on Quebec, over 20 days earlier, had failed.
Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler carried the “melancholy account” to Washington that Gen. Richard Montgomery was dead and Col. Benedict Arnold was wounded.
Washington convened a council of war, summoning all of his generals and John Adams, and repeated his warning that
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