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BC Historical Books

A narrative of the negotiations occasioned by the dispute between England and Spain in the year 1790 [Burges, James Bland, Sir, 1752-1824]

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"Date from British Museum Catalogue. "This almost deserves to be classed among the published documents. It was prepared in the foreign office while the negotiations were in progress ... it may be safely asserted that it was compiled by Sir James Bland Burges, under-secretary for foreign affairs, especially for the King ... ": - Manning (no.354), P.474. "In a letter ... to Lord Auckland, dated November 12, 1790, found in B.M. Add. Mss. 34434, f58 he mentions an 'interesting Narrative which at leisure hours, I have prepared for the King'. .. ": - Manning (no.354), P.365, note a."-- 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. 39-40.

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