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Berwick in 1795, and in 1799, on the death of his brother Richard, succeeded to the Irish viscounty. At the time of his death he was a pri- vy councillor, and governor of Plym- outh. Although brave and an adept in military science, Howe was incapable of conducting the operations of a great army, and owed his advancement to his name, and his re- lationship, by ille- gitimate descent, to George III. He is described by Gen. Henry Lee as being " the most indolent of mortals, who never took pains to examine the merits

or demerits of a

cause in which he was engaged." Gen. Howe pub- lished a narrative relative to his command in North America (London, 1780).

HOWE, Henry, historian, b. in New Haven, Conn., 11 Oct., 1816. He was the son of Hezekiah Howe, a publisher, in whose book-store he often listened to Noah Webster , Jeremiah Day, Roger Minot Sherman, David Dagett, Benjamin Silliman, and James Gates Percival. He adopted his father's profession, and when only twenty-three published his first book, “Eminent Mechanics” (New York, 1839), which was sold by subscription. The following year he canvassed the state of New York with John W. Barber (q.v.), collecting materials and making drawings for “Historical Collections of New York” (New York, 1841). The two afterward issued together”Historical Collections of New Jersey” (New York, 1841). On the publication of his book on Ohio, Mr. Howe removed to Cincinnati, where he devoted himself to compiling similar works. His most important publication was “Our Whole Country” (2 vols., Cincinnati, 1861), which was designed to give a compete survey of the United States at the time when it was written. In 1856 he had made arrangements with Mr. Barber to travel throughout the Union, take views and collect materials for the proposed work, and it was five years in preparation. The time of its publication was unfortunate, as the people then cared for nothing but war literature, and when the great struggle had ended the book was out of date. Since the autumn of 1885 Mr. Howe has been engaged in preparing a new edition of his work on the state of Ohio, which he expects to publish toward the close of 1887. His publications include, besides the already mentioned, “Historical Collections of Virginia” (Charleston, S.C., 1845); “Historical Collections of Ohio” (Cincinnati, 1847); “The Great West” (1851); “Travels and Adventures of Celebrated Travellers” (1853); “Life and Death on the Ocean” (1855); “Adventures and Achievements of Americans” (1858); “Times of the Rebellion in the West” (1867); and “Over the World” (Philadelphia, 1883). Mr. Howe has also issued a pamphlet-form “Outline History of New Haven” (1884), and “New Haven's Elms and Greens” (1885).

HOWE, John, journalist, b. in Boston, Mass., in 1753: d. in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1835. He was associated with Mrs. Margaret Draper (q. v.) in the publication of the " Boston News Letter " in 1775-'6. He adhered to the roval cause, and, when Boston was evacuated by the British troops, he retired to Newport, whence he removed to Nova Scotia. He established a newspaper at Halifax, and was postmaster-general and king's printer. — His son, William, b. in 1786 ; d. in Halifax in January, 1843, was assistant commissary-general. — Another son, John, d. in Halifax in 1843, was postmaster-general and proprietor of the " Halifax Gazette." — A third son, Joseph, Canadian statesman, b. near Halifax, 13 Dec, 1804 ; d. in Halifax, 1 June, 1873, began, when thirteen years old, to learn printing in the " Gazette " office, and in 1827 purchased part of the " Weekly Chronicle," which was continued under the title of the "Acadian." Selling his interest in this paper in January, 1828, he became sole editor and proprietor of the "Nova Scotian." In 1830 Mr. Howe's "Legislative Review" appeared and attracted wide notice. In 1835 he published an article censuring the local government, and was indicted for libel, but acquitted. In 1836 he was elected to parliament for the county of Halifax, and in 1840 he became a member of the provincial cabinet. Soon afterward the system that he had attacked and exposed was abolished, and Halifax was granted a municipal charter. In 1848 Mr. Howe became provincial secretary, in 1854 relinquished this office to superintend the construction of the first railway in >ova Scotia, and in 1863 became premier of the province. He at first opposed the absorption of Nova Scotia into the Dominion of Canada, but, after obtaining the best possible terms for his province, he entered the Dominion cabinet in 1869 as president of the council, and in 1870 became secretary of state and superintendent-general of Indian affairs. In 1873 he was appointed lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, but survived his appointment only a few weeks. Mr. Howe had acted upon several occasions as colonial agent in Great Britian, and had once been compelled to fight a duel for some statement he had published reflecting upon an opponent. He was one of the best public orators that Canada has produced. See his " Speeches and Public Letters," edited by William Armand (2 vols., Boston, 1858).

HOWE, John Badlam, author, b. in Boston, Mass., 3 March, 1813 : d. in Lima. Ind.. 22 Jan., 1882. He was graduated at Trinity in 1832, and, removing to Indiana, was a member of the legisla- ture in 1840, and of the State constitutional conven- tion in 1850. He published " Political Economy" (Boston, 1878) ; " Monetary and Industrial Falla- cies " (1879) ; " Common Sense of Monev " (1881) ; and "Replv to Criticisms" (1882).— His brother, William Bell White, P. E. bishop, b. in Clare- mont, N. H., 21 March, 1823. was graduated at the University of Vermont in 1844, ordained deacon in the Protestant Episcopal church in 1847, and priest in June. 1849. He was in charge successively of St. John's church, Berkeley, S. C, and St. Philip's, Charleston, and in October, 1871, was con- secrated assistant bishop of South Carolina, becom- ing the sixth bishop of the diocese in December of the same year. The University of the South, at Sewanee, Tenn., gave him the degree of D. D. in 1871, and he received the same from Columbia in 1872. He has published sermons and addresses.

HOWE, John Ireland, inventor, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 20 July, 1793; d. in Birmingham, Conn., 10 Sept., 1876. He began the study of medicine in 1812, and for several years was one of the resident physicians of the New York almshouse. Later he followed his profession in New York city, and in 1829 settled in North Salem, N. Y.