Copy of a letter from Lieutenant George Lobey Emmitt to John Griffith, Governor of Bombay, requesting permission to return to England on account of ill health, dated Bombay 11 Dec 1795
Extract from Bengal Public Consultations of 19 Jul 1784 containing two medical certificates testifying to Captain Thomas Edwards' poor state of health and recommending a sea voyage as a possible remedy
Medical certificate signed by James Laird and John Williams testifying to Captain Thomas Edwards' poor state of health and recommending a change of climate, dated Lucknow, 4 Aug 1795, extracted from Bengal Military Consultations of 23 Nov 1795,
Copy of a certificate signed by William Somerville, Garrison Surgeon at the Cape of Good Hope, recommending that Major Thomas Edwards should not proceed to India but should return to Europe for health reasons, 1 May 1797
Certificate signed by Thomas Sherwin, Surgeon, testifying that Captain Thomas Edwards, a passenger on the Minerva, is in a debilitated state of health and should be permitted to return to England, 30 Apr 1796
Certificate signed by Dr M Baillie testifying that Dr James Fletcher is suffering from a serious disease of the liver which requires that he should remain in a temperate climate, 29 Jun 1799
Certificate signed by Dr Christopher Stanger testifying to Dr James Fletcher's liver disease and the necessity for his remaining in England, dated Lamb's Conduit Street, 3 Jul 1799