George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Major General William Howe, 2 February 1776

From Major General William Howe

Boston 2d February 1776

Sir

In Answer to your Letter of the 30th Ulto which was delivered with the Seal broken,1 I am to acquaint you, that having lately discovered a prohibited Correspondence to be carried on by Mr James Lovell, the Liberty, which I fully intended to have given him, cannot take Place. I am, Sir, your most humble Servant

W. Howe

LS, DLC:GW; copy, enclosed in GW to Hancock, 9 Feb. 1776 (third letter), DNA:PCC, item 152; two copies, P.R.O., 30/55, Carleton Papers; copy, DNA:PCC, item 169.

1. The copies in P.R.O. read “which was delivered by your Officer with the Seal broken.”

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    To George Washington from Major General William Howe, 2 February 1776
    Author
    Howe, William
    Recipient
    Washington, George
    Date
    2 February 1776

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    “To George Washington from Major General William Howe, 2 February 1776,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-03-02-0175. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 3, 1 January 1776 – 31 March 1776, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1988, p. 240.]

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