CollectionGeorge IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
ReferenceGEO/MAIN/38237-38239
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleLetter from Lord Loughborough to Captain Payne on three possible scenarios regarding George III's illness and their consequences for a Regency
Date[?8 November 1788]
WriterLoughborough, 1st Baron
AddresseePayne, John Willett, Captain
DescriptionLoughborough states there 'are but three possible events in immediate expectation-an ambiguous state of the K's disorder, an evidently decided state, or a sudden termination, which can be looked for only in one way, for an entire & speedy recovery seems to be beyond the reach of any reasonable hope'. Labelled 'No.1' and 'His Majesty's serious Indisposition'.
Written Saturday evening.
Signed.
LanguageEnglish
Extent1 document (3 pages)
Physical DescriptionLoose manuscript papers; mounted
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PublicationsPublished in A. Aspinall "The Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales 1770-1812" (London, 1963) Vol. 1; no 294
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