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This collection of materials consists of miscellaneous handwritten and printed copies and originals of documents directed and/or signed by the Hanoverian kings of England of the mid-18th through early 19th centuries. Most of the documents are related to the regulation of madhouses or the insanity of specific individuals, including King George III himself. Other documents are of more general interest, including engraved images of King George III and some of his physicians, two letters from May 1801 regarding troop deployment in Egypt, a 1773 document regarding duties on candle-making and other taxes in Scotland, and the formation of a court martial system.
Creator: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Date: 1741-1855, 1941-1970 not inclusive
Item Number: 223267
Call Number: Menninger Historic Psychiatry Coll., King George
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 223267
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Physicians
Collections - Manuscript - Menninger Archives - Historic Psychiatry
Community Life - Community services - Mental health facilities
Date - 1700-1799
Date - 1800-1819
Date - 1960s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Poem
Places - International - England
Places - International - Scotland
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Proclamation
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Manuscript
https://www.kansasmemory.gov/item/223267
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