Copy of a letter from Lord Palmerston to the Right Honourable John Hobhouse
Date:
1850/1850
Description:
Abstract: Palmerston writes that he has learnt with satisfaction of the permission granted by the Sultan of Muscat for the British to carry out suppression of the slave trade in his East African dominions. The original letter enclosed printed copies of the protocol agreed with the Portuguese government for British ships to patrol the unpoliced coastal waters of the Portuguese dominions of East Africa.Physical description: 1 folio