CollectionGeorge IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
ReferenceGEO/MAIN/38381-38383
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleUnsigned letter on the proposed Regency, regarding the Restrictions and need for patience
Date[?20 January 1789]
DescriptionThe writer states that Ministers are swearing allegiance for a limited time, on the basis that 'Dr. W[illi]s was certainly to recover the K.; if not, the restrictions were to be made so bitter that the P. would not swallow them'. The letter claims that popular opinion will side with George, Prince of Wales, criticising the 'double state' being created by William Pitt, and arguing that the 'harder the restrictions the sooner they will break'; advising patience and firmness.
Written Tuesday, 3 o'clock.
Unsigned.
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 384
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