CollectionVictorian Papers, Main Series
ReferenceVIC/MAIN/A/3/140
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleLetter from Lord Melbourne to Queen Victoria
Date8 April 1841
WriterMelbourne, 2nd Viscount
AddresseeVictoria, Queen
DescriptionUnreasonable demands made by the Sultan in the Firman. Unexpected and unreasonable objections. Intelligence received through Paris of the settlement of affairs in China. Melbourne hopes that Captain Elliot will have insisted on a sufficient sum of money. Six million dollars is not a million and a half sterling.
LanguageEnglish
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