Record

Document Reference	Bu 46/40
Title	Letter from A. Buchanan, San Ildefonso, Spain, to Lord John Russell [later 1st Earl Russell], Foreign Office, London; 15 Aug 1859.
Date	15 August 1859
Extent	1 f
Level	Piece
Content Description	Refers to a dispatch sent by the Spanish Consul General in Mexico which discusses General Almonte's reply to a note from Calderón Collantes; reveals the reply to this note was approved by the Mexican Government 'merely out of deference to the mediating powers'; reveals the Mexican Government will ask General Almonte whether the mediating powers would have considered their task complete had he not requested further negotiations; reveals that if this is the case, then he should enter without delay into negotiations 'with any plenipotentiary named by Spain'.
Term	foreign affairs, Spain and Mexico 1858
	Spanish affairs, government
	Mexican affairs, government

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA7422	Almonte; - (fl 1858-1859); General	fl 1858-1859
NA6255	Collantes; Saturnino Calderón- (1799-1864); Señor; Spanish Foreign Minister 1853-63	1799-1864
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878