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Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799 [Orders for Captain Kennedy on HMS Flamborough]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.301 Author/Creator: Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799 Place Written: Hampshire, England Type: Autograph document signed Date: July 12, 1759 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 18.3 cm Order a Copy

Written on the HMS Essex. Captain Howe tells Captain Kennedy, commander of the HMS Flamborough, to escort supply ships from the Downs to Spithead in England. Written at Spithead.

Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799

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