[412] Leeds to Fitzherbert, September 10, 1790. (Narrative, 240.)
[413] Leeds to Auckland, October 22, 1790. (Brit. Mus., MSS. 34433, fo 349.)
[414] In detaching the Netherlands from the French alliance and uniting them to England and Prussia by the triple alliance.
[415] Storer to Auckland, October 22, 1790. (Auckland, Correspondence, II, 373.)
[416] This shows that the British Ministry was resting the justice of its cause on the purchase of land which Meares claimed that he had made at Nootka on his arrival in 1788, and on the temporary hut which he had erected to shelter workmen while they were building his little vessel, the North-West America. (See [Chapter II].)
[417] Narrative, 257-285. Also, the two drafts are inclosed in Leeds to Auckland, October 8, 1790. (Brit. Mus., MSS. 34433 fo 252.)
With these instructions Fitzherbert was also given orders concerning the case of Captain Macdonald. He was the captain of a vessel that had recently been seized by a Spanish frigate in the West Indies on the ground that she was carrying on contraband trade. Indemnity for this had to be assured before the Nootka matter could be settled. It was easily adjusted. (Narrative, 285.)
[418] Id., 289-291.
[419] For a full discussion of these facts, see [Chapters II-V].
[420] Floridablanca to Fitzherbert, October 16, 1790, inclosing notes on the English projet, and a Spanish counter projet. (MS. Arch. Hist. Nacional, Madrid, Sec. Estado, 4291.)