Extract from the registers of the British Cancellaria in Aleppo. Translation of a hattichérif, addressed to the Government of Egypt. Urges vigilance against Europeans trading in Suez. Copy verified by Eleazar Edwards, Cancellier
Extract from the registers of the British Cancellaria in Aleppo. Records George Baldwin's petition and efforts to obtain redress for those people seized by the Egyptians in 1779. Copy verified by Eleazar Edwards, Cancellier
Letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to Peter Michell. States his efforts to free James Wooley. Believes that events of 1779 have made it impossible to plead for the Company's use of Suez in conveying despatches to and from India but it may be possible to use Turkish ships. Dated Constantinople
Copy of letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to Peter Michell. Forwards dispatch and comments upon rupture between Britain and Holland. Dated Constantinople, 16 February 1781. Received overland, 24 March 1781. Read in Court.
Letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to Peter Michell. Forwards letter from William Digges La Touche and an extract of a letter from John Abbott, consul at Aleppo. Dated Constantinople
Extract of a General Letter from Bengal to the Court of Directors. Expresses doubts about the authenticity of a copied firman accompanying a letter from James Wooley to Rear Admiral Sir Edward Hughes. Dated 30 April 1781 with a postscript of 15 May 1781
Letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to Peter Michell. Forwards packet from Aleppo. States that delays would not occur if messengers were banned from carrying country letters and merchandise. Dated Constantinople, 12 August 1781. Received 10 September 1781. Read in Court
Letter from Richard Hughes to Peter Michell, Secretary to the East India Company. Requests position of Company packet agent in Cairo. Dated Cairo, 22 June 1780. Read in Court 6 September 1780