| Content Description | Despatches cover the whole of Buchanan's period in office in Madrid; subjects covered include the slave trade and Cuba; Spanish politics, foreign, domestic and provincial; relations with Morocco and Mexico; there are also interesting references to the Spanish economy and judicial system and to the Carlist rebellion of 1860; the despatches contain a wealth of information on Anglo-Spanish relations and on relations between France and Spain; there are also references to events in other nations including Italy, Denmark and the U.S.A. |