Proclamation by General William Howe (manuscript copy), 28 October 1775
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The siege continues, and General Howe has not moved his troops from Boston. Soon it will be winter, and too late to move the British Army elsewhere. The city is crowded with Loyalist refugees, who seek protection from the British Army. Many patriot families have left the city, and their houses stand empty. As the siege goes on, Howe knows that supply routes from the ocean will be closed by winter storms, and food and firewood will be in desperately short supply. Contact with England being so difficult, Howe must make his own plans to keep control of Boston through the winter. From Miscellaneous Bound Manuscripts
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