Draft letter to Sir Robert Ainslie via Sir Stanier Porten. Permits Ainslie to offer payment to the Porte for the use of Suez for communications for India. Dated London
Extract of a private letter from Captain Mark Wood to Mr Wilks. States that Mr Baldwin has influence with Egyptian authorities which is of great help to European travellers. Dated Cairo
Letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to Peter Michell. States satisfaction in persuading the Porte to ban trading ships of all Christian powers, rather than just the English flag. Reports efforts to obtain release of Captains Scott and Mills. Dated Constantinople
Copy of cipher letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to Peter Michell. Traces developments in Anglo-Turkish relations, 1776 to 1779. Recommends that tributes be given to the Porte in order to remain competitive with the French and that a 'proper agent' be appointed at Cairo. Dated Constantinople, 17 Jun...
Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to Lord Weymouth. Reports that, in order to evade the Porte's restriction, Company servants have traded under different flags, resulting in several European deaths and the confiscation of property. Repeats request for new agent in Cairo. Dated Constanti...
Covering note from Sir Stanier Porten to the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Company. Forwards extract of a letter from Ainslie to Weymouth. Dated St James