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Collection	George IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
Reference	GEO/MAIN/39135-39136
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from George, Prince of Wales, to the Queen on his wish to show her the papers between himself and the Commissioners, and the expectation of an execution in the House the next day
Date	15 February 1796
Writer	George, Prince of Wales (1762-1830)
Addressee	Charlotte, Queen Consort to George III
Description	Likely to refer to action brought by the Prince's creditors. The Prince writes that [the recommendations of the Commissioners] prove 'abortive by the opinions of both the King's Attorney & Sollicitor General, it being contrary to law''. He states that he is ''positively in a worse situation than I was before the Act past', and expects that on viewing the papers the Queen will see that 'no blame can rest with me'. Written Monday, 6 o'clock p.m. Signed.
Place Of Writing	Carlton House
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, 1965) Vol. 3; no 1079
Level	Item

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