| Document Reference | Bu 47/21 |
| Title | Copy letter from Sir A. Buchanan, London, to R. Woolley; 4 July 1860. |
| Date | 4 July 1860 |
| Extent | 2 ff |
| Level | Piece |
| Content Description | States that he had learnt from Mr Edwardes of his wish to know if he [Buchanan] complained to the Spanish government about the treatment of the U.S. vessel prior to receiving information from Mr Preston; informs him that he may have done so verbally using information from Tangier; states that he considered the behaviour of Mr Blanco de Valle to be 'reprehensible'; states he will get an official answer for him on the subject of Bills of Health; discusses of how such regulations could have been applied to the incident in question and states that there were few reasons for placing the ship in quarantine; comments on the need for the reform of Spanish sanitary laws; uses the example of traffic between Dover and Spain and Calais and Spain. |
| Term | politics, Spanish |
| judicial system, maritime law |
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