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Collection	George III medical papers
Record Type	Correspondence
Reference	MED/16/1-14
Title	Letters from the King's Physicians
Date	1788-1820
Description	Daily reports from the King's Physicians to the Prince of Wales (later the Prince Regent) on the state of the health of George III, 1788-1789, 1804, 1810-1820. From 1810 until mid-1812, the majority of these letters are written by Sir Henry Halford. Some attempt appears to have been made to date Halford's letters (in pencil) which often give only the day and time. It is not clear when or by whom these documents were dated but it is likely that the volume of summary reports (ref MED16/15) was used in this process. These documents appear to have been previously bound into volumes; it is not clear when these documents were debound or why.
Language	English
Extent	3998 documents
Physical Description	Loose manuscript papers
Level	Series
Custodial History	These papers are believed to have been part of the original acquistion from Apsley House
Arrangement	These papers were arranged by year during cataloguing in Spring 2018. Upto 1812, documents have been arranged by month at file level rather than being catalogued individually. From 1812, documents were grouped by quarter at file level due to the formulaic nature of the contents of the records. These documents were arranged and catalogued Spring 2018.
Related Material	GEO/ADD/15/874-897 for further papers of Sir Henry Halford
Repository	Royal Archives

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