Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to Lord Weymouth. Comments that two officers from East India House were dispatched to Bombay via Basra. Dated Constantinople
Covering letter from Sir Stanier Porten to the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Company. Forwards copies of papers from Ainslie to Weymouth. States that Ainslie cannot continue to help British subjects who have ignored the Porte's trading restrictions. Dated St James, 17 November 1779
Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to Lord Weymouth. Reports the seizure of various Company goods and English subjects but remarks on the free passage of a caravan of French goods destined for India. Marked "No.1." Dated Constantinople
Copy of letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to the Porte. Acknowledges that English subjects have been detained in Egypt and requests that their liberty be restored. Marked "No.3." Dated Constantinople
Copy of letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to the Porte. Acknowledges that English subjects have been detained in Egypt and requests that their liberty be restored. Marked "No.3." Dated Constantinople
Translated copy of Order from the Porte to the Pasha, the Judge and the 'Sceichul Beled' of Cairo. Orders the release of the English travellers and the return of their belongings. Marked "No.4." Dated Constantinople
Translated copy of Order from the Porte to the Pasha, the Judge and the Sceichul Beled of Cairo. Orders the release of the English travellers and the return of their belongings. Marked "No.4." Dated Constantinople
Copy of letter from John O'Donnell to Sir Robert Ainslie. Reports that he travelled from Bengal to Suez as a passenger on the Danish ship Nathalia. Relates the subsequent destruction of caravan, his own refuge in Baldwin's house and the imprisonment of his surviving companions. Marked "No.5." Dat...
Translated extract of a letter from Signior Brandi to Sir Robert Ainslie. Reports the release of George Moore and the restitution of property. Marked "No.8." Dated Alexandria