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Howe, Robert

(1732–1786)

William S. Powell

https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/68607

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Howe, Robert (1732–1786), politician and revolutionary army officer in America, was born on the rice plantation belonging to his father, Job Howe (d. 1748), in New Hanover county, North Carolina, beside the Cape Fear River. His family was a branch of the distinguished ...

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date: 09 March 2021

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