Covering note from William Fraser to C.W. Boughton Rouse of the Board for India Affairs. Forwards letter from Sir James Harris, British envoy at the Hague, to Carmarthen. Dated St James, 24 December 1785 Received 24 December 1785.
Copy of a letter from Sir James Harris to the Marquis of Carmarthen. Gives details of a treaty negotiated by the Chevalier Truguet in Egypt. Dated the Hague, 20 December 1785 Received 24 December 1785.
Covering note from William Fraser to C.W. Boughton Rouse of the Commissioners of the India Board. Forwards extract of a letter from Ainslie to Carmarthen. Dated St James, 30 December 1785 Received 30 December 1785.
Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to the Marquis of Carmarthen. Ainslie believes that the commercial treaty was part of French strategy encouraging the Beys to seek independence from the Porte. Porte determined to restore ban on all Christian powers from using Suez. Dated Constantinople
Covering note from William Fraser to Henry Dundas. Forwards extracts of a letter from the Government to Ainslie. Dated St James, 9 February 1786 Received 9 February 1786.
Extract of a letter from Lord Carmarthen to Sir Robert Ainslie. Observations about gaining rights of navigation in all the seas which belong to the Ottoman Empire. Dated London, 2 April 1784 Received 9 February 1786.
Extract of a letter from the Marquis of Carmarthen to Sir Robert Ainslie. States the need to prevent France from gaining influence in Egyptian or Red Sea affairs. Dated London, 19 May 1785 Received 9 February 1786.
Letter from George Baldwin to the Company. Announces Baldwin's appointment as British Consul General to Egypt and willingness to forward Company packets to and from India. Dated Piccadilly, 19 May 1786. Read in Court
Copy of Commission appointing George Baldwin as Consul General in Egypt and giving duties. Marked "U.P., vol. 200". Entered in the Book of Forms and Precedents.