Note XXXI‑9 — Chapter XXXI · PANAMÁ. 1672-1800.
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Up to this time the king had partly concealed his policy. June 28, 1697, the council of the company complain to the king of the action of his resident in Hamburg. Aug. 2d, the secretary of state replies that the resident has been directed not to obstruct the company's negotiations. On the 28th of September 1697 the company's directors complain that the resident has received no such order. July 22, 1698, parliament was besought to assist in procuring from the king such action as would deter his resident at Hamburg. An inquiry by the council, Jan. 13, 1699, is answered by the secretary of state Feb. 7, 1699, requesting information about the settlement. Darien, Orig. Papers, 10, 20, 34; confirmed in Darien, Enquiry, 26-33; and in part in Macpherson's Annals, ii. 666.