Level | Item |
Creator Name | Secretary's Department |
Reference Number (click to see whole series/group) | M5/110 |
Extent | 1 volume |
Title | THE MANILA RANSOM |
Date | 18 Feb 1763 - 12 Apr 1771 |
Description | Papers 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 Material | Article 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 Reference | B13 |
Keyword | Philippines; Spain |