Record

Document Reference	Bu 46/11
Title	Letter from A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain, to 3rd Earl of Malmesbury [J.Harris], Foreign Office, London; 11 Dec 1858.
Date	11 December 1858
Extent	2 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Refers to a meeting with Calderón Collantes regarding the dispatch of the 'Spanish Squadron' to Mexico in order to obtain 'redress for the injuries' suffered by Spanish subjects at Tampico; explains the Government and people of Mexico should not be made to suffer for the acts against the Spanish people as they were committed by a group of 'insurgent troops'; reveals the Commander of the Spanish Squadron is authorized to use force 'in the event of there being no hope of redress being obtained in other ways'; refers to the desire of the Spanish Government to obtain a peaceful solution to the problems between Spain and Mexico.
Term	foreign affairs, Spain and Mexico 1858
	Spanish affairs, government
	Mexican affairs, government
	navies, Spanish

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6255	Collantes; Saturnino Calderón- (1799-1864); Señor; Spanish Foreign Minister 1853-63	1799-1864
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882
NA6098	Harris; James H. (1807-1889); 3rd Earl of Malmesbury	1807-1889