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Richard Howe correspondence

Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1776-1799
Call number: mssHO
Creator: Howe, Richard Howe (1726-1799)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Maggs Bros. of London, 1927.
Associated people: Curtis, Roger, (1746-1816,)
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Richard Howe correspondence
Manuscripts
Howe's letters to Admiral Sir Roger Curtis concerning the British Navy (administration, 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.
HO 213-HO 269
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Richard Howe correspondence
Manuscripts
Howe's letters to Admiral Sir Roger Curtis concerning the British Navy (administration, 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.
HO 69-HO 123
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Richard Howe correspondence
Manuscripts
Howe's letters to Admiral Sir Roger Curtis concerning the British Navy (administration, 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.
HO 124-HO 212
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Richard Howe correspondence
Manuscripts
Howe's letters to Admiral Sir Roger Curtis concerning the British Navy (administration, 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.
HO 1-HO 68
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Richard Howe correspondence
Manuscripts
Howe's letters to Admiral Sir Roger Curtis concerning the British Navy (administration, 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.
HO 270-HO 322
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Howe, Richard Earl Howe. Letter to Sir Roger Curtis
Manuscripts
Howe's letters to Admiral Sir Roger Curtis concerning the British Navy (administration, 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.
HO 62