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The substance of the speech of the Marquis of Lansdown, in the House of Lords, on the 14th of December, 1790; on the subject of the Convention with Spain, which was signed on the 28th of October, 1790. By one present Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805

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"The Marquis considered it reprehensible that the long and valued alliance with Spain should be endangered by the acts of an unauthorized individual, i.e. John Meares (q.v.)." -- Strathern, G. M. , & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 158.

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