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Creator NamePaul Tempest
Reference Number (click to see whole series/group)10A105/1
Extent1 item
TitleTHE MANILA SURPRISE
DateJun 2002
DescriptionProduced 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).
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