Letters, 1790-1822.

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Letters, 1790-1822.

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Letters written home by two brothers, Sir Frederick Stovin, a general in the army on expedition to Copenhagen, Sweden, and Spain, and George Samuel Stovin, an officer in the navy during the Napoleonic wars. Letters give details about the Spanish Peninsular Campaign, the Napoleonic Wars, and describe places and people. George Stovin wrote from the H.M.S. Hannibal and other ships serving mostly in the Caribbean and off the U.S. coast in an effort to stop commerce between France and the U.S. Also includes a few letters from other persons, including William Wilberforce.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Stovin, Frederick.

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Richard Howe, Earl Howe, was born in London, England, on March 19, 1726, the son of Emanuel Scrope Howe (1699-1735) and Mary Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg (1703-1782). Around 1735, he joined the crew of the merchant ship Thames, and in July 1739 he joined the 40-gun Royal Navy ship Pearl . Howe then served on several ships in the Caribbean and off the South American coast. After being promoted to lieutenant in 1744 and post captain in 1746, he continued his military service in th...

Stovin family.

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Wilberforce, William, 1798-

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Stovin, George Samuel.

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