Howe (Richard) correspondence, 1776-1799

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Title:: Richard Howe correspondence
Dates:: 1776-1799
Creators:: Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799
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.
Extent:: 408 pieces in 6 boxes
Language:: English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item]. Richard Howe correspondence, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Scope and content:: 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.
Biographical / historical:: 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).
Acquisition information:: Purchased from Maggs Bros. of London, 1927
Arrangement:: This collection is arranged chronologically.
Rules or conventions:: Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: Admirals -- Great Britain -- 18th century -- Correspondence.
First Coalition, War of the, 1792-1797.
Second Coalition, War of the, 1798-1801.
Letters (Correspondence).

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Huntington staff.
Date Prepared:: July 2016
Date Encoded:: Machine readable finding aid encoded by Dorothy Auyong in July 2016 .

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Preferred citation:: [Identification of item]. Richard Howe correspondence, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:: Huntington Library, Manuscript Collections

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