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Collection	George IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
Reference	GEO/MAIN/38201-38202
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Ralph Willett to Captain Payne on his and Mrs Willett's health, the public's payment of George, Prince of Wales's debts, and views on the expense of Carlton House
Date	31 May 1787
Writer	Willett, Ralph
Addressee	Payne, John Willett, Captain
Description	Willett hopes the public will not be required to setlle the Prince's debts again in future, but states that fifty thousand pounds a year could be appropriately spent on the Prince's residence, as 'these are expences that do honor to a country, are permanent & descend to posterity, while the payment of debts incurred by frivolous expences do it no credit'. Signed.
Place Of Writing	Merly
Language	English
Extent	1 document (2 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript papers; mounted
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Publications	Published in A. Aspinall "The Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales 1770-1812" (London, 1963) Vol. 1; no 244
Level	Item

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