Duplicate letter from Richard Hughes to the Court of Directors. Still suspicious of the 'Germans' named George Fornbauer and Frederick Van Saver, a military captain. Dated Cairo, 18 May 1781. Received 20 August 1781. Read in Court
Duplicate letter from Richard Hughes to Peter Michell, Secretary of the Company. Previous letters have been held back due to the lack of sailing opportunities for Europe. Risk of plague receded - Egypt will be out of confinement soon. Received 20 August 1781. Read in Court
Letter from Anthony Hayes to Peter Michell, Secretary of the Company. Forwards packet of letters from Richard Hughes. Dated Smyrna, 3 July 1781. Received 25 August 1781. Read in Court
Duplicate letter from Richard Hughes to the Court of Directors. 'Germans' were Germans, but in the pay of the Dutch Company. Anxious that Company has not yet determined an agent at Cairo and request that the Company make good his expenses incurred under the misapprehension of being the Company's ...
Letter from Richard Hughes to Peter Michell, Secretary of the Company. Resents loss of two years waiting for Company's decision. Asks for compensation. Dated Cairo, 7 September 1781. Read in Court.
Letter from John Coore to Peter Michell, Secretary of the Company. Requests payment of monies due to George Baldwin. Dated 16 January 1782. Read in Court.
Letter from John Coore to Peter Michell, Secretary of the Company. Requests immediate payment of monies due to George Baldwin. Dated 9 April 1782. Read in Court.
Letter from Richard Hughes to Robert Gregory, Chairman of the Company. Urges Gregory to inform the Company of the need for an agent in Cairo and to recommend Hughes for the post. Dated Alexandria, 1 May 1782. Received 13 July 1782. Read in Court
Letter from Richard Hughes to Peter Michell, Secretary to the Company. Reports movements of a French soldier recently landed in Alexandria. Dated Alexandria, 1 May 1782. Received 13 July 1782. Read in Court
Letter from Richard Hughes to Messieurs William and Thomas Raikes, London. States that Ainslie has obtained a limited permit for the despatch of letters via Suez. Dated Alexandria