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Document issued by General William Howe, Commander-In-Chief of the British Army from 1775 to 1778. The document originally contained his seal. The document pardons Peter Rapelje, a quartermaster in Lawrence's Corps. of Newtown in the Province of New York. It is not known how Peter came to be captured, pardoned and released by the British. Though it is possible that he was traded for a British prisoner of war.

p. [3], 64-88 ; 19 cm. (8vo) ; Signed on p. 81: Common sense. York-Town, March 18, 1778. "To the inhabitants of America," p. 82-88, signed: Common sense. Lancaster, March 21, 1778. Attributed to Thomas Paine in the Dictionary of American biography. ; Parentheses substituted for square brackets enclosing "Price 2s. 6d. single--2s by the quantity."

"Précis of correspondance with General Howe from vol. 290 America and West India series of manuscripts in Her Majsty's Public record office" : p. [297]-321. ; Mode of access: Internet.