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Howell, Richard 1753-1802

Military officer; born in Newark, Del., in 1753; was one of the number indicted for participating in firing the cargo of tea at Greenwich, N. J., in November, 1774; promoted major in 1776; governor of New Jersey in 1794-1801. He wrote a poem to welcome Washington to Trenton, N. J., when the latter passed through that city on his way to New York to be inaugurated President. He died in Trenton, N. J., April 28, 1802.

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