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3810. HOWE (Lord William), Friendly to America.—

Lord Howe seems to have been
friendly to America, and exceedingly anxious
to prevent a rupture. [242]
Autobiography. Washington ed. i, 110.
(1821)

 
[242]

Mr. Jefferson formed this opinion from a paper
which Benjamin Franklin, a short time before his
death, had given him to read.—Editor.