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GEORGE III
Autograph letter signed ("George R"), to his son Frederick, Duke of York, as Commander-in-Chief of the Army, acknowledging his letter following "Your interview with Mr Pitt and the Secretary at War", Queen's Palace, 4 February 1805

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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GEORGE III

Autograph letter signed ("George R"), to his son Frederick, Duke of York, as Commander-in-Chief of the Army, acknowledging his letter following "Your interview with Mr Pitt and the Secretary at War", with their proposals for the future of the militia ("...the ordering of the Militia is certainly a wise measure the number of Men locked up to that particular Service is far above the proportion that can be furnished without detriment to more essential Service; but the reduction will not be obtained without some outcry, which perhaps may be diminished by the reduction of thirteen Garrison Batallions and consequently only containing three on the Establishment..."); subscribing himself "My Dear Frederick/ Your most affectionate Father", 1 page, integral blank, contemporary docket, guard to blank, 4to, Queen's Palace, 4 February 1805

Footnotes

ʻYOUR INTERVIEW WITH MR PITT' – on 21 March the Government introduced the Militia Enlistment Bill to the Commons, which aimed ʻto make the reduction directly, by allowing the supernumeraries now existing above that amount, to volunteer into the line' (HC Deb 21 March 1805, vol 4, cc72-85).

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