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Collection	The papers of Princess Charlotte of Wales
Reference	GEO/MAIN/49904-49905
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Copy of a letter from Captain Charles Hesse to Margaret Mercer Elphinstone in reply to her letter [GEO/MAIN/49903] [enclosure of GEO/MAIN/49898-49901]
Date	12 January 1814
Writer	Hesse, Charles, Captain
Addressee	Elphinstone, Margaret Mercer (1788-1867)
Description	Hesse writes that the [letters] requested were in a small trunk in England with instructions that in the event of his death it was to be sent 'unopened to the bottom of the Thames', and that those in his possession would be sent to her upon his death. Includes mention of sending letters by post.
Place Of Writing	Hasparren, France
Language	English
Extent	1 document (4 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; mounted
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Publications	Published in A. Aspinall "The letters of George IV 1812-1830" (London, 1938) Vol. 1; no. 387
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