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Collection	George IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
Reference	GEO/MAIN/39668-39669
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Lord Moira to Colonel McMahon, on McMahon's Regiment travelling to Ireland; and matters relating to Ireland
Date	5 January [1800]
Writer	Moira, 2nd Earl of
Addressee	McMahon, John, Colonel
Description	Moira discusses the measure of 'reduction', and Lord Camden's remonstrance for having no Infantry of the Line in the county. He refers to the trial of [James] Weldon, and the 'secret league of the Defenders'; and congratulates McMahon on the safe arrival of the General. He states that due to the accumulation of difficulties in public finance, 'a blow-up cannot fail to happen to Government'. Signed.
Place Of Writing	Donington
Language	English
Extent	1 document (2 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript papers; mounted
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