Record

Document Reference	Bu 44/16
Title	Copy despatch from A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain, to 3rd Earl of Malmesbury [J. Harris], Foreign Office, London; 20 Dec 1858.
Date	20 December 1858
Extent	1 f
Level	Piece
Content Description	Informs him that he had seen Drummond-Hay's despatch and assures him that Spain did not intend to commence hostilities as had been suggested; discusses an exchange of prisoners and territorial disputes at Melilla; reports that he had informed Drummond-Hay that the Spanish squadron off the Moroccan coast was to be broken up.
Term	Moroccan affairs, 'Moroccan Question'
	navies, Spanish
	military campaigns, prisoners of war

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6225	Hay; John Hay Drummond- (1816-1893); Sir; diplomat	1816-1893
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882
NA6098	Harris; James H. (1807-1889); 3rd Earl of Malmesbury	1807-1889