Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to the Marquis of Carmarthen. Fears Beys have gained strength and states unease at lack of news from Egypt. Dated Constantinople
Copy of a letter from George Baldwin to Sir Robert Ainslie. Reports arrival of French frigate in Suez and that Ottoman army returning to Cairo having left a strong post on the Egyptian frontier to prevent return of rebels. Dated Cairo
Letter from George Baldwin to the Marquis of Carmarthen. Reports Turkish declaration of war against Russia and Russian relations with the Beys. Asks for progress details of Ainslie's negotiations at the Porte over Suez. States that French are expecting a merchant ship at Suez. Dated Alexandria
Letter from George Baldwin to the Marquis of Carmarthen. Reports the imminent departure of Capitan Pasha, and changes made to the Egyptian constitution. Pasha promises Baldwin to raise the issue of Suez as a communications route with the Porte. Dated Alexandria
Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to the Marquis of Carmarthen. No decision about Suez forthcoming until the arrival of the Grand Admiral [Capitan Pasha]. Ainslie believes that the admiral may have been 'tampered with'. If so, Ainslie lacks the money to secure a similar advantage. Marke...
Letter from George Baldwin to Thomas Morton. (Company Secretary, 1783-1792.) Baldwin has completed a year in Egypt and forwards receipt of salaries for his agents. Dated Alexandria, 22 December 1787 Read in Court, 25 February 1788.
Duplicate letter from George Baldwin to Thomas Morton, Secretary of the Company. Reports need to draw on bill of Company and other financial arrangements. Dated Alexandria, 1 February 1788 Read in Court, 2 May 1788.
Letter from George Baldwin to Thomas Morton, Secretary of the Company. Baldwin has acquired a firman from the Egyptian government allowing free passage through Egypt of packets to and from India. Repeats request for his salary of last year. Dated Alexandria, 31 July 1788 Read in Court, 2 October ...
Duplicate letter from George Baldwin to Thomas Morton, Secretary of the Company. Baldwin has made arrangements for protection of two English vessels bound for Suez. Reports his own illness and requests payment of salaries. Dated Alexandria