Letter from George Baldwin to the Court of Directors. States that allowance is adequate and he will not make any further demands. Read in Court, 27 June 1786.
Minutes of a Secret Court of Directors meeting held Gives instructions and allowances applicable to George Baldwin at Cairo. Resolves that Baldwin should declare in writing his acceptance of the terms of employment and instructions.
Draft letter from the Company to George Baldwin, British consul in Egypt. Confirms appointment as Company agent in Egypt and reiterates terms of employment and instructions. Dated London
Extract of a letter from George Baldwin to the Marquis of Carmarthen. Forwards copy of a treaty made on the part of Warren Hastings with the Beys of Egypt by John Shaw, 1775. Dated Falmouth
Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to the Marquis of Carmarthen. Reports the voluntary surrender of Cairo to Capitan Pasha (Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, Turkish High Admiral, 1774-1789, and later Grand Wazir) and anticipates the end of the Beys' rebellion. Dated Constantinople
Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to the Marquis of Carmarthen. Reports that Baldwin approached the French consul in Egypt in an attempt to procure a passage through Suez for a Mr Clarke. Ainslie, as Ambassador, does not want to be held responsible for Baldwin's transactions. Dated Cons...
Extract of a letter from the Levant Company to Sir Robert Ainslie. Concerned that Baldwin's attempts to open the Suez route will anger the Porte and be detrimental to the trade of the Levant Company. Marked "U.P." Dated London
Copy of letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to the Levant Company. States that he has not received any information from England about opening a route to India via Suez and that the Porte would be hostile to such moves. Marked "U.P."
Copy of letter from George Baldwin to the Marquis of Carmarthen. Reports arrival in Egypt and Egyptian recognition of his commission Reports French preparations for establishing on overland route should Beys be victorious. Baldwin has sent Capitan Pasha a memorial of demands and assumes the backi...