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Letters From Howe to Germain Reach New York Harbor
A condensed excerpt from the WOMON GAZETTE dated Sept 29 reports letters from Vice-Admiral Lord Viscount Howe and General Howe to Lord George Germain carried by the Sandwich packet from Staten Island to Falmouth in 37 days. The letters discuss royal mercy and peace terms, circulating declarations to colonial governors, and actions to deliver copies to the Continental Congress. {Names: Howe, Germain, Washington, Cooke, Mercier, Burnaby, Hotham, Parker. Places: New York, Amboy, Rhode Island, Newport, Providence Plantations. Dates: 1776. Ships: Eagle, Merlin}
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Lord Viscount Howe
Geverl Howve
Lord George -Germiaine
Sandwich Parket
Staten Ast
Fairnouth
Coty
Viscount Édomue
George Germaine
Eagle
Staten Island
Iris
New York
Amboy
General Con
Mercier
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Congress
Burnaby
Matsachuset’s Bay
Rhode Iisland
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Rhode Iland
Cooke
General Assembly
Newport
Howe
C. Howe
London
General Congress
United States of America
Great Britain
Mc. Cooke
Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
Nicholas. Cooke
Bopy
General Howe
Staten Strauss
Halifax Packet
Hotham
Lord Dunmore
William Campbell
Peter Parker
A. Bowe
General Mercier
Lor Howe
General Assembly of
General Congress of the
Lord Howe
America
Minden
Larbour
Staten Iland
Hancock
Heéffians
Staten [Land
England
Britain
Howes