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LevelItem
Creator NameSecretary's Department
Reference Number (click to see whole series/group)M5/110
Extent1 volume
TitleTHE MANILA RANSOM
Date18 Feb 1763 - 12 Apr 1771
DescriptionPapers related to attempts by the Bank to collect a draft on the Spanish Treasury as part of the ransom claimed after the capture of Manila by Admiral Samuel Cornish in October 1762.
Related MaterialArticle in The Old Lady, December 1985;
11A100/1 (Letter from Rear Admiral Samuel Cornish to the Governor and Court of Directors of the Bank of England concerning a Bill of Exchange drawn on 'His Majesty's High Treasurer at Madrid' and given to Cornish by the Archbishop of Manila as part of a ransom demand of four million Spanish dollars)
Original ReferenceB13
KeywordPhilippines; Spain
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