Reference
W1/5531
Title
Captain R Steele to Samuel Whitbread II
Date free text
25 April 1814
Production date
From: 1814 To: 1814
Scope and Content
Restoration of Bourbons received with rapture in Madrid. Procrastination of restoration of Ferdinand VII, who objects to the new constitution; Cortes not disposed to make concessions. All soldiers are for king. Cortes do not represent the people. Writer expects to be called to Madrid, when Spanish officers cannot go on pain of court-martial without leave of regency.
Level of description
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