Description | Produced and written by Paul Tempest and published by the Teapot Press. The Bank is acknowledged as having assisted with the original research undertaken in 1985. The booklet is a short account of the capture of Manila by the British in 1762-4. Material used to research the book includes papers relating to attempts by the Bank to collect a draft on the Spanish Treasury as part of the ransom claimed after the capture of Manila (see catalogue reference M5/110). |