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Collection	George IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
Reference	GEO/MAIN/38801-38802
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Henry Erskine to George Keith Elphinstone on the death of [Alexander] Wight and requesting that George, Prince of Wales settle a pension of £100 on Wight's widow
Date	29 April 1793
Writer	Erskine, Henry
Addressee	Elphinstone, George Keith
Description	Erskine states that as Wight 'died Solicitor to the Prince of Wales', he considers his widow, currently destitute, 'as realy a proper object for a pension'. He suggests that the application for a pension coming from the Prince would increase the Prince's popularity. 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 746
Level	Item

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