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Collection	George IV Calendar as Prince, Regent and King
Reference	GEO/MAIN/39766-39768
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from the Prince of Wales Island Committee to Rear-Admiral Payne on the gift of a portrait from George, Prince of Wales and their gratitude for his patronage
Date	13-18 November 1801
Writer	Prince of Wales Island Committee
Addressee	Payne, John Willett, Rear-Admiral
Description	The Committee describes the rise of the settlement in the last 16 years 'from an uninhabitable jungle to rank with the other maritime and commercial ports in India'. Signed by James Scott, John Elliot, William H Nason and John Colhoun. Encloses (GEO/MAIN/39768) an address 'from the European and Indian Inhabitants of George Town Prince of Wales Island to His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales'.
Place Of Writing	Prince of Wales Island
Language	English
Extent	2 documents (3 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript papers; mounted
Access Conditions	Available in surrogate form only
Related Material	See GEO/MAIN/39753-39765, 39769 for further correspondence relating to the Prince of Wales Island Committee.
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