Letter from Robert Howe to Edmund Pendleton
Howe, Robert, 1732-1786December 28,
1775
Volume 10, Pages 365-366
[Reprinted from American Archives. Vol. 4. P. 474.]
Correspondence between Colonel Howe and Lord Dunmore in regard to an exchange of prisoners.
Letter from Col. Howe to the President of the Virginia Convention.
Norfolk, December 28th, 1775.
I am at present, Sir, so indispensably engaged, that I have not time to be so particular as I could wish, had I anything of importance
to communicate; but, except some salutes from the men-of-war, matters remain just as they were when I wrote you last. No effectual steps have been taken in respect to the exchange of prisoners, for which the enclosed copies of letters between Lord Dunmore and myself will, I hope, account in such a manner as to leave me, in the opinion of your honourable body, free from blame.
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