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Title: Richard Howe correspondence
Dates (inclusive): 1776-1799
Collection Number: mssHO 1-408
Creator:
Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799
Extent:
408 pieces in 6 boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2203
Fax: (626) 449-5720
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Abstract: This collection contains the letters of
British admiral Richard Howe (1726-1799) to Admiral Sir Roger Curtis regarding British Navy administration and fleet operations,
chiefly in the English Channel. Material dates from 1776 to 1799.
Language: English.
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
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[Identification of item]. Richard Howe correspondence, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Purchased from Maggs Bros. of London, 1927
Richard Howe (1726-1799), British admiral; commander of the North American fleet (1776-1778); commander of the Channel fleet
(1782), First Lord of Admiralty (1783-1788); created Earl Howe (1788); Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet (1793-1799).
This collection contains Richard Howe's letters to Admiral Sir Roger Curtis concerning British navy (administration and personnel,
ships and equipment, signals and signal books); naval operations, chiefly in the Channel during the wars of the First and
Second Coalitions; personal affairs of Earl Howe.
This collection is arranged chronologically.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799.
Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- 18th century - Sources.
Great Britain. Royal Navy. Channel fleet.
Admirals -- Great Britain -- 18th century -- Correspondence.
First Coalition, War of the, 1792-1797.
Second Coalition, War of the, 1798-1801.
Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Sources.
Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century - Sources.
Letters (Correspondence).
Curtis, Roger, Sir, 1746-1816.