'Papers relative to the negotiations between Great Britain and Portugal about the suppression of the slave trade'

Report includes: Letter from Lord Howard de Walden to Viscount Palmerston, Lisbon, 20 May, 1838. Lord Howard de Walden reports the difficult negotiations between himself and the Viscount de Sa da Bandeira, (of the Portuguese government) with respect to the signing of a treaty which would make the t...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Various Papers/FBN 44
Date(s) of creation: January 1840
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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Various Papers/FBN 44
Summary: Report includes: Letter from Lord Howard de Walden to Viscount Palmerston, Lisbon, 20 May, 1838. Lord Howard de Walden reports the difficult negotiations between himself and the Viscount de Sa da Bandeira, (of the Portuguese government) with respect to the signing of a treaty which would make the trade in enslaved African people a piracy in Portugal. Several inclosures and sub-inclosures between Lord Howard de Walden and the Viscount de Sà da Bandeira and one between Lord Howard de Walden and Viscount Palmerstone. A typed memorandum - 'Inclosure No.3' - is included at the end, which provides a summary of the outcome of the negotiations.
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Access conditions: Only to be viewed on microfiche
Language: English
File number: 27
Format: Archive