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Title: The Honourable Sir William Howe, Knight of the Bath and Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Forces in America.
Identifier(s): graphics:5068; APSimg3875; Graphics Number: M42-14-16
Description: Garvan Coll., No. 717.
Source: Print Collection (Garvan);
Subject: Portraits ; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814
Date: 1777 November 10

Title: The Honourable Sir William Howe, Knight of the Bath and Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Forces in America.
Identifier(s): graphics:5576; APSimg3875; Graphics Number: M42-14-16
Description: Black and white lithograph of Howe in uniform, wall in background.; Garvan Coll., No. 717.
Source: Print Collection (Garvan);
Subject: Portraits; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814
Date: 1777 November 10

Title: Interview between Lord Howe and Committee of Congress
Identifier(s): graphics:6110; APSimg2282; Negative Number: 1264
Source: Print Collection;
Subject: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814; Print Collection
Date: n. d.

Title: Paine, Thomas to Dr. Samuel Adams, 1778 January 5; No. 1051 Thomas Paine to Dr. Samuel Adams
Identifier(s): text:353096
Description: Comments on local political affairs and mentions: "We have. . . No News here but Tory News"; remarks that "What comes from Hugh Gaines paper [the New-York Mercury) is spread with great assurance and pronounced with joyful Emphasis!" and expresses hope that Gen. [Sir William] Howe "is got to the End of his Tether"; comments that paper money enables America "to resist Tyrants & their Tools."
Creator: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809et al
Subject: American loyalists; Adams, Samuel, 1745-1819; Gaine, Hugh, 1726 or 1727-1807; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814
Date: 1778-01-05; 2023

Title: Arbuthnot, Marriot to [George Phillips], 1777 October 14; No. 1817 Marriot Arbuthnot to George Phillips?
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:982
Description: Informs him that Gen. [Sir William] Howe landed in the upper part of Chesapeake Bay, had an engagement with Washington's army [the battle of Brandywine], and took possession of Philadelphia; comments that "the root of the contagion lies in the Northern Governments, particularly. . .Massachusetts" and that "the presbyterian parsons and their enthusiastic followers. . . must be chastised and a test calculated for their Government in future, or adieu to every thing but leveling and democracy"; discusses military affairs and civil disturbances in Nova Scotia.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; Brandywine, Battle of, Pa., 1777; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814
Date: 1777-10-14; 2021

Title: John Montresor, by order of Gen. Sir William Howe; No. 953 John Montresor, by order of Gen. Sir William Howe
Identifier(s): text:353672
Description: Protection for Thomas Hutchinson; countersigned by [Friedrich Ernst] von Münchhausen.
Subject: Montrésor, John, 1736-1799; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814; Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780; Münchhausen, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von, Baron, 1720-1797
Date: 1776-12; 2023

Title: Nelson, Thomas, Jr. to George Weedon, 1777 October 28
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:1587
Description: Letter from Thomas Nelson, Jr. to General George Weedon.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814
Date: 1777-10-28; 2021

Title: Miles, Samuel to George Washington, [1777-1778]
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:593
Description: Letter from Samuel Miles to George Washington regarding American prisoners.; "Copy of letter to George Washington"; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons; Prisoners of war--United States--History--18th century; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814
Date: [approximately 1777-1778]; 2021

Title: John Murray, Earl of Dunmore to William Howe, 1775 November 30
Identifier(s): text:252154
Description: L. 4p. (see T.Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.6.) Concerning the war.
Subject: Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Date: 1775-11-30

Title: Miles, Samuel to unknown recipient, [1777]
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:535
Description: Letter from Samuel Miles to an unknown recipient regarding the exchange of officer prisoners.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons; Prisoners of war--United States--History--18th century; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814
Date: [1777]; 2021

Title: Huntington, Jedediah to Jabez Huntington, 1776 December 11, 28; No. 597 Jedediah Huntington to Jabez Huntington
Identifier(s): text:348954
Description: Mentions being "still buryed among the Mountains"; mentions that General Washington is pursuing the enemy and that Gen. [Charles] Lee is at Morristown, [N.J.]; gives instructions about money; comments that although the situation is disagreeable in some respects, "a Sense of Duty Retains me in the Service"; informs him that Jedediah Huntington has been advised to quit the service and that when the enlistment of the troops at Peekskill expires, he will be without a command; informs him that Gen. [William] Heath and the troops from Massachusetts and Connecticut will join General Washington, who is in the vicinity of Trenton, [N.J.]; expresses surprise that the Southern colonies cannot furnish sufficient militia in the present emergency; informs him that Gen. [Sir William] Howe and part of the enemy troops have returned to New York.
Creator: Huntington, Jedediah, 1743-1818et al
Subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; Huntington, Jabez, 1719-1786; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Lee, Charles, 1731-1782; Heath, William, 1737-1814; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814
Date: 1776 December 11, 28; 2022

Title: Page, John to George Washington, 1777
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:1609
Description: Letter from John Page to General George Washington.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; United States. Continental Army--Military life; Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814; Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790
Date: 1777; 2021

Title: Shippen, Edward to Joseph Shippen, 1777 January 27
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:1451
Description: Letter from Edward Shippen, IV, to his brother Joseph Shippen regarding recent events of the war.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Political Philosophy; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814; Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805; Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792
Date: 1777-01-22; 2021

Title: Pendleton, Edmund to Richard Henry Lee, 1777 September 13; Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803. ALS to Richard Henry Lee
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16434
Description: Letter from Edmund Pendleton to Richard Henry Lee. Pendleton writes about the Philadelphia Campaign, he references Jane McCrea and Horatio Gates in referring to the latter's public letter which claimed British-incentivized scalping. His also relays his thoughts on the war in general and Howe's movements in the South.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Waging the War; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century; United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers; 1775-1783--Influence--Congresses; Indians of North America--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; McCrea, Jane, 1753-1777; Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792; Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801; Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814
Date: 1777-09-13; 2021

Title: Nelson, Thomas, Jr. to George Washington, 1777 December 19
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:1595
Description: Letter from General Thomas Nelson, Jr. to General George Weedon.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--French forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Political aspects; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814
Date: 1777-12-19; 2021

Title: Lee, Richard Henry to Thomas Paine, 1777 July 13; Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. ALS to Thomas Paine
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16303
Description: Letter from Richard Henry Lee to Thomas Paine. Lee relays his thoughts on William Howe's recent actions as described by Paine in an earlier letter. Lee then writes about happenings in Congress.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Waging the War; Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century; United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers; United States--Politics and government--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces; 1775-1783--Influence--Congresses; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814
Date: 1777-07-13; 2021

Title: Godfrey, D. to [Turbutt] Francis, 1778 January 3; No. 384 D. Godfrey to Francis
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:992
Description: Discusses financial matters and mentions the possibility that public credit "may all go to the Devil"; remarks that "The Americans have beat us very handsomely" and asks his opinion about the defeat of [Gen. John] Burgoyne; mentions "the Savage barbarity with which this war has been carried on," asks his opinion about Burgoyne's offer to pay the Indians for American scalps, and comments: "After all this we still call the Americans Cowards, and all the Tories, Jacobite Scotch and the Court believe it"; informs him that Gen. [Sir William] Howe took Philadelphia but will not be able to hold it unless he can open the river to his ships and mentions the battle of Red Bank, [N. J.]; mentions that the British already have been obliged to abandon Long Island and the possibility that the Americans will retake New York; remarks that the British can obtain no more men in Germany and have none in England or Ireland, but that some Scottish lords have offered to raise regiments; mentions that "Congress Paper passes in France"; expresses concern that public bankruptcy will occur and remarks "our Trade with America is lost. . . forever"; remarks that the "Diabolical" scheme of raising so many regiments for the conquest of America is a wicked pretense; comments: "all the Herd of Ministers will be no more when you return."; American Philosophical Society
Creator: Godfrey, D.et al
Subject: Waging the War; Lived Experience; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Indians of North America--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; American loyalists; Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814; United States. Continental Army
Date: 1778-01-03; 2020

Title: Paine, Thomas to Richard Henry Lee, 1777 July 01; Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. ALS to Richard Henry Lee
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16564
Description: Letter from Thomas Paine to Richard Henry Lee updating him on what is happening in the war near Philadelphia since he left. Paine turns to his relationship with Richard Henry Lee at the end of the letter. Paine writes that his absence is felt both personally and in Lee's position in Congress.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Waging the War; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century; United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers; United States--Politics and government--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces; Friendship; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Influence--Congresses; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Political aspects; Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814
Date: 1777-07-01; 2021

Title: Notebook concerning British Army operations; No. 409 Great Britain, Army
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:800
Description: Notebook kept by two unidentified British writers, which includes the following: order of battle for the British; operations of the army under Lt. Gen. [Sir Henry] Clinton, 12 Feb.-3 Aug. 1776; operations of the army under Gen. [Sir William] Howe, 22 Aug. 1776-1 Jan. 1777; strength of the army assembled at [New] Brunswick, [N. J.], 12 June 1777, and order of march; the campaign of 1777; army under Sir William Howe that embarked for Philadelphia, 7 July 1777; line of battle in the battle of Brandywine, II Sept. 1777; strength of the army at Germantown, 4 Oct. 1777; garrison of Philadelphia, 30 Dec. 1777; French fleet commanded by [Charles-Henri-Theodat], comte d'Estaing; British fleets commanded by Lord [Richard] Howe and Admiral [John] Byron; principal movements of the campaign of 1776 under Gen. [William] Howe; expedition to Rhode Island under Lt. Gen. [Sir Henry] Clinton and Commodore Sir Peter Parker, 24 Nov. 1776-14 Feb. 1777; memorandum on the battle of Monmouth, 28 June 1778; copies of three letters captured after the battle of Brandywine, one from Gouverneur Morris to [Alexander Hamilton), 4 July 1777, one from Hamilton to [Rev. Hugh Knox], 1, 28 July 1777, and one from Hamilton to [Robert R. Livingston], 7 Aug. 1777.; See also no. 111 for another item by one of these writers; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations, French; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; Brandywine, Battle of, Pa., 1777; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; Germantown, Battle of, Philadelphia, Pa., 1777; Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804; Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814; Parker, Peter, Sir, 1721-1811; Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795; Byron, John, 1723-1786; Knox, Hugh, approximately 1727-1790; Great Britain. Army
Date: 1776-1778; 2021

Title: Washington, George to Richard Henry Lee, 1777 June 01; Washington, George (1732-1799). ALS to Richard Henry Lee
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16315
Description: George Washington responds to Richard Henry Lee letter from May 22. He writes that perhaps he was to forceful in the letter that initiated the discussion about foreign soldiers (mercenaries, professional soldiers.) Nevertheless, Washington emphasizes the if "Monsr D’Coudrey" becomes the head of artillery, that they would lose a "very valuable Officer in General Knox who is a Man of great Military Reading, sound judgment, & clear conceptions—He has conducted the affairs of that department with honour to himself, and advantage to the Public—and will resign if any one is put over him." Washington turns to recruitment issues and defectors after General Howe's proclamation. He writes of his frustration with Congress' slow or no responses to his letters. Washington concludes the letter with a reference to the Director General of the Hospital.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Waging the War; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century; United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers; United States--Politics and government--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Foreign opinion, French; Recruiting and enlistment; Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--Revolution, 1775-1783, [Spanish-American War, 1898, etc.]; United States. Continental Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.; Great Britain Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.; Shippen, William, Jr., 1736-1808; Knox, Henry, 1750-1806; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814
Date: 1777-06-01; 2021