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Collection	George IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
Reference	GEO/MAIN/39458
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Colonel McMahon to George, Prince of Wales, on speaking with [James] Perry regarding a 'piece of insolent wit' in the C[hronicle] that day; Irish business; and other matters
Date	21 March 1798
Writer	McMahon, John, Colonel
Addressee	George, Prince of Wales (1762-1830)
Description	McMahon reassures the Prince that 'the idea of reconciliation is entirely Ministerial....Care shall be taken, Sir, to stop, or at least to counteract it'. He reports that the Opera was quiet on the previous evening; and that Pelham is dead [he was mistaken]. He states that Lord Cornwallis is considered for Ireland [for the post of Lord Lieutenant], and 'coercion the order of the day'. Signed.
Place Of Writing	London
Language	English
Extent	1 document (1 page)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; mounted
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Publications	Published in A. Aspinall "The Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales 1770-1812" (London, 1965) Vol. 3; no 1338
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