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Collection	Correspondence of Foreign Royal Families
Reference	GEO/MAIN/52200-52201
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Augusta, Duchess of Brunswick, to George III on her son Augustus's release from the Hanoverian army because of his blindness, and on political developments in Europe.
Date	10 January 1801
Writer	Brunswick, Augusta, Duchess of (1737-1813)
Addressee	George III, King
Description	The Duchess castigates Austrian treachery, describes Bonaparte as a coward, criticises the self-aggrandizing behaviour of the Powers and the blindness of the German princes, who are 'the slaves of the French', and fears the French may try to take Hanover from Britain; she reports that the Dutch will pay the Hereditary Princess of Orange's pension arrears.
Place Of Writing	Brunswick
Language	English
Extent	1 document (4 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; mounted
Access Conditions	Available in surrogate form only
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