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xxii Paris, the 21st May 1841, at the age of eighty-four years, respected by his countrymen, by foreigners, and even by his enemies. Niemcewicz expressed, before his death, a wish to be buried at Montmorency, where he had resided for several years, with his friend and companion in arms, General Kniaziewicz. The Poles are now engaged in erecting, to both friends, a common monument at Montmorency, where a funeral service will be annually celebrated. He desired also, that the following epitaph, which is already engraven