Extract of a letter from George Joseph Brandi to Sir Robert Ainslie. Encloses copy of the French commercial treaty with the Egyptian Beys. Dated Alexandria
Copy of letter from George Baldwin to Court of Directors. Reports on Capitan Pasha's campaign against the rebel Beys in Upper Egypt and difficulty in establishing Suez route. Dated Alexandria. (Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, Turkish High Admiral. 1774-1789, and later Grand Wazir.)
Draft minutes of a Committee of Correspondence meeting. Allows George Baldwin a salary and expenses conditional to his obtaining permission to use Suez.
Notes on a meeting of the Court of Directors Announces appointment of Baldwin as Consul General in Egypt and orders Committee of Correspondence to decide whether or not to use Baldwin as Company packet agent