Born near Raphoe, Donegal County, Ireland, 1736; became a distinguished American soldier; was appointed a brigadier-general by the Continental Congress: acting commander-in-chief of the Northern Department; invaded Canada; captured St. John, took Montreal, and laid siege to Quebec; was promoted to the rank of major-general; killed, on Dec. 31, 1775, while attempting to carry Quebec by storm. Hon. John D. Crimmins, President-General of the American-Irish Historical Society, has the last letter that Montgomery is known to have written. It is a demand on the British commander of Quebec to surrender. ] BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL. THE ANNIVERSARY IS DULY OBSERVED BY THE SOCIETY—A WREATH PLACED. On June 18, 1900, the Society celebrated the anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill, the following being a copy of the notice sent out in connection therewith: AMERICAN-IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. (Founded, 1897. First President-General, Rear Admiral R. W. Meade, U. S. N.) CELEBRATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL. BROTHERS: You are hereby notified that the anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill will be observed by our Society on Monday, June 18, 1900 (the anniversary itself falling on Sunday, June 17). Our programme will include the placing of a wreath on the memorial tablets in Winthrop Square, Charlestown, at noon, an address by Mr. Thomas F. O’Malley, of Somerville, Mass., a visit to and ascension of the battle monument, and in the evening a dinner at 8 o’clock at the United States Hotel, city proper. Members and guests wishing to participate in the exercises at the tablets will assemble there at the hour mentioned. The after-dinner exercises at the United States Hotel in the evening will include an historical address by Hon. John C. Linehan, state insurance commissioner of New Hampshire, on: “The Irish in the Patriot ranks at the Battle of Bunker Hill.” There will also be addresses by members of the Society from Worcester, Springfield, Providence, Hartford, New York and other cities. Dinner tickets will be three dollars each, and are now ready. Please notify the secretary as soon as possible if you intend to be present at the dinner. Fraternally, THOMAS J. GARGAN, _President-General_. THOMAS HAMILTON MURRAY, _Secretary-General_ (77 Main Street, Woonsocket, R. I.) June 1, 1900. In accordance with the foregoing notice, a number of members of the Society assembled at the memorial tablets, in Charlestown, at noon, and witnessed the placing of a laurel wreath to the memory of the patriots of June 17. Upon the wreath being placed in position, a card bearing the following inscription was attached thereto: