Letter from Henry Fox to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

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Concerns: the King's failing eyesight and insistance everything is copied out in very black ink for him to read; 4th Duke's unwillingness to part with two regiments for America and the King and Fox's understanding of this; the redepolyment of the troops in Ireland being a suggestion from the Duke of Newcastle and his prediction of the objection it will cause in Ireland; the suitability of the Highland regiments for stationing in Ireland; the Duke [of Newcastle?]'s infected leg wound; commissions in the army. Signed: "H Fox".

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