Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to the Marquis of Carmarthen. Reports the voluntary surrender of Cairo to Capitan Pasha (Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, Turkish High Admiral, 1774-1789, and later Grand Wazir) and anticipates the end of the Beys' rebellion. Dated Constantinople
Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to the Marquis of Carmarthen. Reports that Baldwin approached the French consul in Egypt in an attempt to procure a passage through Suez for a Mr Clarke. Ainslie, as Ambassador, does not want to be held responsible for Baldwin's transactions. Dated Cons...
Extract of a letter from the Levant Company to Sir Robert Ainslie. Concerned that Baldwin's attempts to open the Suez route will anger the Porte and be detrimental to the trade of the Levant Company. Marked "U.P." Dated London
Copy of letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to the Levant Company. States that he has not received any information from England about opening a route to India via Suez and that the Porte would be hostile to such moves. Marked "U.P."
Copy of letter from George Baldwin to the Marquis of Carmarthen. Reports arrival in Egypt and Egyptian recognition of his commission Reports French preparations for establishing on overland route should Beys be victorious. Baldwin has sent Capitan Pasha a memorial of demands and assumes the backi...
Letter from George Baldwin to the Court of Directors. Reports arrival in Egypt. Temporary appointments of James Wilfermax as Baldwin's Deputy in Alexandria; Mr Adarno de Marco as Interpreter; and Hajji 'Descrih' as Agent in Suez. Dated Alexandria, 12 January 1787 Read in Court, 18 April 1787.
Copy of cipher letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to the Marquis of Carmarthen. Reports on continuance of plague and current state of European relations with the Porte. Fears war between Turkey and Russia over a disputed claim to Georgia. Lack of contact with Cairo due to Egyptian rebellion. Marked "...
Copy of a letter from Signior Stellio Raffaelli, British agent at Scio, to Sir Robert Ainslie. Reports great attention paid by the Porte to his representation about Scio.
Extract of a letter from George Baldwin to the Marquis of Carmarthen. Reports unavoidable charge for presents to Capitan Pasha. Dated Cairo, 11 April 1787 Received from Mr Fraser, 26 July 1787.