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Carleton papers: PRO 30/55
Catalogue reference: PRO 57/172
Date: 1957-1958
Carleton papers: PRO 30/55
Item
697. Washington to General Howe. On his reply to the Howe's letter (3 October), defending...
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/55/6/104
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- 1777 Oct 6
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697. Washington to General Howe. On his reply to the Howe's letter (3 October), defending his actions in the destruction of the flour mills and barns as the customary practice of armies. Highligting the countermanding of the rules of war by the action of 'your troops' at Trenton, and the destruction of Charlestown [Charleston] [by the British].
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PRO 30/55
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Papers
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Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Papers
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697. Washington to General Howe. On his reply to the Howe's letter (3 October), defending...
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