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Collection	George IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
Reference	GEO/MAIN/38509-38510
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Sir John Sinclair to Captain Payne on the election for Caithness, and the actions of Sinclair's opponents
Date	21 October 1789
Writer	Sinclair, John, Sir
Addressee	Payne, John Willett, Captain
Description	Sinclair states that his opponents have 'carried on the contest with more art, keenness, and inveteracy, and in a manner more unfair and ungentlemanlike than anything of the kind I have ever witnessed', and suggests that William Pitt 'considers it as his own election'. He refers to a 'certain political charlatan' who he hopes can be removed before a new parliament. Signed.
Place Of Writing	Edinburgh
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, 1964) Vol. 2; no 478
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