Record

Document Reference	Bu 46/64
Title	Letter from A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain, to Lord John Russell [later 1st Earl Russell], Foreign Office, London; 10 Nov 1859.
Date	10 November 1859
Extent	4 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Discusses the debt owed by Spain to Great Britain for arms; reveals the report carried out by the Commission is awaiting the approval of Calderón Collantes; reports that all arms and stores supplied 'are acknowledged to have been received, with the exception of 1000 rifles'; reveals some muskets may have been received from Gibraltar and subsequently paid for and this matter will be discussed with the Spanish Government; refers to the charge of five per cent which has been added to the cost of the arms and ordnance stores supplied and explains why it was added; reveals that a reduction of ten per cent will be offered on the whole amount in order to persuade the Spanish Government to settle the debt in one instalment on the 1st January next year.
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
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