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Document Reference	Bu 46/50
Title	Letter from A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain, to 3rd Earl of Malmesbury [J. Harris], Foreign Office, London; 31 Mar 1859.
Date	31 March 1859
Extent	5 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Reports Spain is ready to pay the debt providing it is 'justly due'; reveals it appears that no proper account was ever presented to the Spanish Government as nothing could be found in their archives; discusses the number of muskets supplied and explains this forms the main part of the debt; reveals that a large number of muskets cannot be accounted for; explains they may have been confused with the rifles supplied at the same time; requests that Her Majesty's Ordnance Office prepares 'a statement from their own books' to 'prove the quantities shipped'; reports it is unreasonable to expect the Spanish Government to pay such a large debt without investigation.
Term	Spanish affairs, government
	foreign affairs, Spain and Great Britain, debt
	arms and weapons, supply of
	trade, arms and armaments

Persons

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

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