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Collection	George IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
Reference	GEO/MAIN/38508
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from A Piggott to Captain Payne on the legality of Lord Elliot's appointment [as Receiver-General of the Duchy of Cornwall]
Date	8 October 1789
Writer	Piggott, Arthur Leary, Sir
Addressee	Payne, John Willett, Captain
Description	Piggott states he would need to examine the Acts of Parliament relating to the extent of the Crown's power over the affairs of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the grant made to Lord Elliot [in 1749], to determine whether the grant made to Elliot for life was valid. Signed.
Place Of Writing	East Bourne
Language	English
Extent	1 document (1 page)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; mounted
Related Material	For a letter from George, Prince of Wales, to George III relating to this matter, see GEO/MAIN/41953-41954
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Publications	Published in A. Aspinall "The Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales 1770-1812" (London, 1964) Vol. 2; no 475
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