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TitleLetter from C. Spring-Rice, Foreign Office, London, to A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain; 22 July 1858.
Date22 July 1858
Extent3 ff
LevelPiece
Content DescriptionStates that his position will be difficult in relation to the Slave Trade despatch; informs him that he had asked Lord Malmesbury to write to Comyn on the matter; also informs him that his proposals for his house [in Madrid] had been accepted and that Lord Malmesbury was to accompany the Queen [Victoria] on her visit to Cherbourg and Germany [Prussia]; gives details of new diplomatic appointments, Alison was to succeed Charles Murray, Corbett was to go to Florence and Clay to Mexico; comments on the weather and tells him London was 'emptying fast'.
Termslavery, slave trade
appointments, diplomatic, Florence
appointments, diplomatic, Mexico
appointments, diplomatic, Tehran

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA6098Harris; James H. (1807-1889); 3rd Earl of Malmesbury1807-1889
NA6227Comyn; Juan (fl 1858-1861); SeƱor; Spanish Under Secretary of Statefl 1858-1861
NA985Victoria (1819-1901); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland; Empress of India1819-1901
NA6035Murray; Charles A. (1806-1895); Sir; diplomat1806-1895
NA6200Corbett; Edwin (fl 1856-1881); Mr; diplomatfl 1856-1881
NA6228Alison; Charles (-1872); Mr; diplomat in Tehran-1872
NA6229Rice; Charles W.T. Spring- (1819-1870); Mr1819-1870
NA136Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat1807-1882
Places
CodeSet
PL92/Prussia
PL88/Madrid/Spain
PL2297/Cuba
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