Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to the Marquis of Carmarthen. No decision about Suez forthcoming until the arrival of the Grand Admiral [Capitan Pasha]. Ainslie believes that the admiral may have been 'tampered with'. If so, Ainslie lacks the money to secure a similar advantage. Marke...
Letter from George Baldwin to Thomas Morton. (Company Secretary, 1783-1792.) Baldwin has completed a year in Egypt and forwards receipt of salaries for his agents. Dated Alexandria, 22 December 1787 Read in Court, 25 February 1788.
Duplicate letter from George Baldwin to Thomas Morton, Secretary of the Company. Reports need to draw on bill of Company and other financial arrangements. Dated Alexandria, 1 February 1788 Read in Court, 2 May 1788.
Letter from George Baldwin to Thomas Morton, Secretary of the Company. Baldwin has acquired a firman from the Egyptian government allowing free passage through Egypt of packets to and from India. Repeats request for his salary of last year. Dated Alexandria, 31 July 1788 Read in Court, 2 October ...
Duplicate letter from George Baldwin to Thomas Morton, Secretary of the Company. Baldwin has made arrangements for protection of two English vessels bound for Suez. Reports his own illness and requests payment of salaries. Dated Alexandria
Letter from George Baldwin to Thomas Morton, Secretary of the Company. Reports the arrival of St Leger and Collier in Alexandria and requests further payment. Dated Alexandria, 21 June 1790 Read in Court, 15 September 1790.
Letter from A.St Leger to Stephen Lushington, Chairman of the Company. Describes measures taken for his journey to India from Suez. Dated Cairo, 23 June 1790 Received from the Chairman, 29 December 1790.
Duplicate letter from George Baldwin to Thomas Morton, Secretary of the Company. Reports travel arrangements made for St Leger and Collier. Dated Alexandria, 2 July 1790 Received overland, 18 September 1790. Read in Court, 22 September 1790.