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Collection	Additional papers of George IV, as Prince, Regent, and King
Reference	GEO/ADD/3/3
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from R B Sheridan to [John Willet] Payne [on the illness of George III and the proposed Regency]
Date	[31 October - 7 November 1788]
Writer	Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Butler
Addressee	Payne, John Willett, Captain
Description	Sandwich has not yet received a letter from the Chancellor; 'The Town is full of consternation & strange Reports - and these are encreased by the silence of the Papers'; a possible meeting between [William] Pitt and the Duke [?]; the necessity of seeing Payne in person 'as there are some most important considerations which can only be treated of in conversation, but which it is of the utmost consequence should be submitted to the Prince's early attention'; and expressing concern on the health of the Prince of Wales. Signed and dated Friday past 6
Language	English
Extent	1 document (2 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; mounted
Custodial History	Pencil note on mount: 'In original collection but out during filming'
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Publications	Published in A. Aspinall "The Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales 1770-1812" (London, 1967) Vol. 1, no. 286
Level	Item
Credit	All rights reserved

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