Record

Document Reference	Bu 7/46
Title	Letter from J. Drummond-Hay, Tangier, Morocco, to A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain; 2 Nov 1858.
Date	2 November 1858
Extent	9 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Informs him that he had received his despatch and letters which had been delayed by the quarantine regulations and that the Sultan had agreed to pay the $2,000 upon Don Juan Blanco's request; reports that the Spanish prisoners in the Reef would be handed over at Tangier in exchange for the stolen cannon; comments on the character of Blanco, who he believed to be a cousin of O'Donnell; informs him that reports of the massacre of the French and Spanish consuls in Tetuan were false; had been unable to send his horse due to a problem with the steamer.
Term	animals, horses
	Moroccan affairs, 'Moroccan Question'
	military campaigns, prisoners of war

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6258	O'Donnell; Leopoldo (1809-1867); Duke of Tetuan; general and politician	1809-1867
NA6254	Abd ar-Rahman (d 1859); Sultan of Morocco; ( succeeded 1822)	d 1859
NA6257	Blanco; Juan (fl 1858-1861); Don	fl 1858-1861
NA6225	Hay; John Hay Drummond- (1816-1893); Sir; diplomat	1816-1893
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882