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Bu - Buchanan Collection; 1755-1982
A - Papers of Sir Andrew Buchanan, first baronet; 1747-1976
46 - Copy despatches from A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain, to 3rd Earl of Malmesbury [J. Harris] and Lord John Russell [later 1st Earl Russell], Foreign Office, London; 1858-61.
Document Reference
Bu 46/130
Title
Letter from Sir A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain, to Lord John Russell [later 1st Earl Russell], Foreign Office, London; 6 Mar 1860.
Date
6 March 1860
Extent
2 ff
Level
Piece
Content Description
Concerns claims made against the Spanish Government by persons who served in the Uporto Grenadiers and Chasseurs; reports the amount which has been obtained for each person; explains these person were paid because they were able to produce the correct documentation; expresses hope that the others will be paid soon; comments on the 'trouble which it has cost to secure the trifling amount now remitted'.
Term
Spanish affairs, government
expenses, military
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA136
Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat
1807-1882
NA139
Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell
1792-1878
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