Copy of Letter of Attorney by George Baldwin appointing Rumbold Charlton Raikes as his bankers on 5 June 1779. Copy testified by Abraham Ogier, public notary, on 25 November 1779
Memorial by Sir Robert Ainslie to the Porte. Explains that there will be a time delay between the Court of Directors banning trade at Suez and the Company's agents in India receiving their instructions. Dated Constantinople
Memorial by Sir Robert Ainslie to the Porte. Explains that there will be a time delay between the Court of Directors banning trade at Suez and the Company's agents in India receiving their instructions. Dated Constantinople
Letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to Peter Michell. Forwards letter from William Digges La Touche and an extract of a letter from John Abbott, consul at Aleppo. Dated Constantinople
Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to the Marquis of Carmarthen. Ainslie reveals the presence of a French-Egyptian commercial treaty to the consternation of the Ottoman Porte. Dated Constantinople
Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to the Marquis of Carmarthen. Ainslie believes that the commercial treaty was part of French strategy encouraging the Beys to seek independence from the Porte. Porte determined to restore ban on all Christian powers from using Suez. Dated Constantinople
Extract of a letter from John Abbott, consul at Aleppo, to Sir Robert Ainslie. Reports arrival of despatches to Baghdad and the sending of a messenger to Basra. Dated Aleppo