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Collection	George IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
Reference	GEO/MAIN/39576-39577
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Lord Moira to Colonel McMahon, on errands to be run
Date	21 June 1799
Writer	Moira, 2nd Earl of
Addressee	McMahon, John, Colonel
Description	Moira requests that McMahon assist with a bond for George Rawdon's debt to his silversmith; and ask Brownrigg if Donahoe's leave can be extended [he is due to return to the West Indies]; and also to recommend Thomson, who had been made Assistant-Commissary instead of a Deputy, to Sir Ralph Abercrombie. He discusses the merits of Donahoe and Thomson; and adds a request for McMahon to send a copy of Pizarro to Moira's mother. [There is a Daniel Donahoe recorded in March 1799 as part of the 87th Regiment of Foot]. Signed.
Place Of Writing	Donington
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, 1967) Vol. 4; no 1457 p 54
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