(AMERICAN REVOLUTION) HOWE ROBERT Autograph Letter Signed to

Sale 2296 - Lot 18

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) HOWE, ROBERT. Autograph Letter Signed, to an unnamed recipient ("Dear Sir"), conveying that the bearer is a deserter from the enemy and advising him to accept deserters as the alternative would discourage future desertions. With a brief Autograph Note Signed by Governor George Clinton, written at bottom left: "The above Deserter is referred over to Doct'r Tappen according to Law." 1 page, small 4to; minor bleed-through from docketing verso, faint scattered foxing, folds. (JMR) Highlands, NY, 26 April 1780

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"The Bearer John Cook has deserted from the Enemy, . . . has a Father and Mother . . . and wishes to return to them. He seems contrite, and I think we must accept them . . . as a contrary conduct may dispirit their leaving the Enemy. . . ."