Record

Document Reference	Bu 46/69
Title	Letter from A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain, to Lord John Russell [later 1st Earl Russell], Foreign Office, London; 12 Dec 1859.
Date	12 December 1859
Extent	1 f
Level	Piece
Content Description	Reports that the anticipated reply from Calderón Collantes regarding the payment of the debt has not yet been received so another note has been sent urging the Spanish Government to settle the first instalment of the debt, and explaining that the 'disputed part would be left for further negotiation'; explains that in the event of a change of the Spanish Ministry, 'their successors would find the question in a more satisfactory position' than if the debt 'had been only under negotiation'.
Term	Spanish affairs, government
	foreign affairs, Great Britain and Spain, debt
	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