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Letter from Colonels Howe and Woodford to Captain Squire

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Answer to the above.

Colonel Howe' s and Colonel Woodford' s compliments to Captain Squire, and assure him they gave no orders to fire upon the Otter, and conceive the musket balls mentioned in Captain Squire' s message to have come from our guard, who fired by mistake upon one of our own parties.

ROBERT HOWE.
WILLIAM WOODFORD.

Details

Title

Letter from Colonels Howe and Woodford to Captain Squire: They have given no orders to fire on the Otter

Creator

Howe, Robert, Colonel
Woodford, William, Colonel

Editor

Howe, Robert, Colonel
Woodford, William, Colonel

Resource Type

text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1775-12-15

Recipient

Squire, W. C., Captain

Presentation Location

Norfolk, Virginia, North America

Before Whom

Squire, W. C., Captain

Subject

Military action: Virginia fighting

Document ID

S4-V4-P01-sp08-D0004

Series

S4

Volume

S4-V4

Part

S4-V4-P01

Sub-Part

S4-V4-P01-sp08

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