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Collection	George IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
Reference	GEO/MAIN/39125-39128
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Lord Moira to Colonel McMahon on arguing against a declaration in the House of Lords on the expediency of making peace [with Revolutionary France]
Date	11 February 1796
Writer	Moira, 2nd Earl of
Addressee	McMahon, John, Colonel
Description	Moira also argues that a military operation [alluded to by McMahon] involving command of British troops in the army of a foreign General would be discreditable to him; and that his last command was financially ruinous. He also requests McMahon to enquire as to a vacant Cornetcy for Garnet M Warburton. Signed.
Place Of Writing	Arnold, near Nottingham
Language	English
Extent	1 document (4 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, 1965) Vol. 3; no 1077
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