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Collection	Correspondence of William IV
Reference	GEO/MAIN/44968-44969
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from the Duke of Clarence to George, Prince of Wales
Date	29 October 1808 [?]
Writer	Clarence and St Andrews, William, Duke of
Addressee	George, Prince of Wales (1762-1830)
Description	Thanking the Prince for the kind treatment of George [FitzClarence; he had been made Lieutenant in the Prince's Regiment and was sailing for Corunna] The Duke refers contemptibly to the Convention [of Cintra] and to the Generals who should be tried. He would be happy to be given the command of the coasts of Spain, Portugal and the Mediterranean on the HMS Barfleur.
Place Of Writing	Portsmouth
Notes	This letter appears in Aspinall before GEO/MAIN/44966-44967 and is dated [? 29 October 1808]; a note on the margin of the document, however, reads [?Nov. 5 1808]. Because in GEO/MAIN/44966-44967 dated 1 November [Tuesday] the Duke says he will be in Windsor that Friday [4 November], it seems impossible that the present letter written from Portsmouth coudl have been written after that. We have, therefore to conclude that the date in the margin of GEO/MAIN/44968-44969 is wrong and this letter should preceed GEO/MAIN/44966-44967.
Language	English
Extent	1 document (3 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; mounted
Access Conditions	Available in surrogate form only
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Level	Item
Publications	Published in "The Correspondence of George Prince of Wales, 1770-1812", VI, edited by A Aspinall; no 2530

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