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Jul 20, 2021 · Caroline Howe at 90, in 1813. Before the American Revolution, she played chess with Benjamin Franklin at her London home and became a conduit for last-gasp British government efforts to avoid ...
Jun 2, 2021 · The letters of Caroline Howe in the British Library have for the first time revealed the private life of her brother, Adm. Richard Lord Howe, the hero of the Glorious First of June and commander-in-chief of the British fleet in America, 1776-1778. Howe has so baffled naval historians that Sam Willis labelled him “obsessively secretive” in ...
Aug 25, 2023 · It’s no wonder that Caroline recorded the story, for the Howe family was filled with dog lovers. Caroline frequently had her little dog on her lap as she corresponded in her London drawing room ...
Feb 2, 2015 · Building Sustainable & Equitable Food Systems · Experience: DC Office of Planning · Education: MIT · Location: Washington DC-Baltimore Area · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Caroline Howe ...
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Caroline Howe, Food Policy Director, DC Office of Planning Caroline Howe joined the Office of Planning as Food Policy Director in June 2023. Prior to this role, she worked across the District government at the intersection of sustainable food systems, social equity, and entrepreneurship.
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Jul 20, 2021 · Finally revealing the family’s indefatigable women among its legendary military figures, The Howe Dynasty recasts the British side of the American Revolution. In December 1774, Benjamin Franklin met Caroline Howe, the sister of British General Sir William Howe and Richard Admiral Lord Howe, in a London drawing room for “half a dozen Games of Chess.”
Flavell, an American historian based in Scotland, investigated the letters of Caroline Howe, which had been overlooked since the 19th-century. Her in-depth research led her to a groundbreaking reinterpretation of one of England’s most famous military families across four wars. A finalist for the 2022 George Washington Book Prize, The Howe ...
