1To George Washington from Lord Howe, 13 July 1776 (Washington Papers)
The Situation in which you are placed and the acknowledged liberality of your Sentiments, induce me very much to wish for an opportunity to converse with you on the Subject of the Commission with which I have the honor to be charged; As I trust that a dispassionate consideration of the Kings benevolent intentions, may be the means of preventing the further Effusion of Blood, and become...
2To George Washington from Lord Howe, 20 May 1778 (Washington Papers)
Being on the point of sailing from Rhode Island when I received the application referred to in your letter of the 10th Inst I could not then obtain an answer to the inquiries it was necessary to make into the particulars of Mr John Chace’s case; Both with regard to the allegations, and the propriety of concurring in the discharge of a person not a prisoner , but retained in an office of trust...
3To George Washington from Lord Howe, 17 January 1777 (Washington Papers)
The Letter I received from You of the 13th Instant, is in Matter and Expression so different from the liberal turn of Sentiment I had been habituated to expect on every occasion of personal Intercourse or Correspondence with You, that I scarce know how to believe the Contents and the Name I read at the Bottom, are parts of the same Letter. It surprizes me much that the idle and unnatural...
4To George Washington from Lord Howe, 27 May 1778 (Washington Papers)
Having, by a packet just arrived from Great Britain, received the Kings Commands to transmit to the Congress and the Commander in Chief of their Troops, the Copies of two Acts passed this Session of Parliament, for quieting the disorders now subsisting in these Colonies and preparing the Way for the return of peace; I embrace the earliest opportunity to forward the inclosed Copies of those...
5To George Washington from Lord Howe, 19 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
Concurring in the Proposition you have been pleased to make in your Favor of the 17th for an Exchange of Prisoners in my Department, viz. Officers for those of equal Rank, and Sailors for Sailors; I will take the Liberty to propose an Officer of the same Rank to be exchanged for Mr Josiah, when he arrives. The Cerberus being absent, I have no other Information respecting the Situation of Mr...