article_snippet.sent: Other documents shown to The Queen touch on some of the most important events in history, among them the American War of Independence.
article_snippet.sent: Other papers include an essay written by George III on the relationship between the monarch and parliament and notes from Queen Charlotte to her children's governess.
article_snippet.sent: Royal handiwork: This essay on the relationship between monarch and Parliament was written by George III .
article_snippet.sent: The viewing took place in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle and include papers owned and written by George I, II, III and George IV, who ruled as Prince Regent during Prince Regent father's famous madness.
article_snippet.sent: George III was believed to have suffered from porphyria, a hereditary disease that affects the blood and can cause mania.
article_snippet.sent: While the vast majority of the collection are papers from George III, other documents from reigns of George I, George II, George IV and William IV will also be made available.
article_snippet.sent: It is hoped the work will transform the understanding of Georgian Britain and Britain monarchy, at a time of profound cultural, political, economic and social change.
article_snippet.sent: Other letters seen by The Queen include one from John Jay, a merchant who went on to become one of the Founding Fathers of the US, to future president George Washington in 1781.
article_snippet.sent: Another, dating from the same period, was sent to George III by a spy named Aristarchus.
article_snippet.sent: This joint project, to open up over a century of the Royal Archives, provides an unprecedented scale of opportunity to discover more about the Georgians.'
article_snippet.sent: Along with personal letters written by George I, II and III, and II and III wives, the newly unveiled archive also includes documents that could shed fresh light on the American War of Independence.
article_snippet.sent: Most significant is an epistle written by Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood to General de Budé, George III's aide-de-camp, on the 16th September 1781.
article_snippet.sent: Equally significant is an incomplete essay written by George III which meditates on the relationship between the monarch and Parliament.
article_snippet.sent: In it, George, who was keen to re-establish royal authority and patronage, muses on the idea of having 'supreme power' over the Commons while also laying out how the legislative and the executive worked in the 18th century.
highlights_snippet.sent: Included are letters shedding light on the American War of Independence .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Also includes an essay by George III and letters from Queen Charlotte .