Covering letter from Richard Harris, Cairo, forwarding letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors. Dated Cairo, 24 December 1752. Received overland, 7 March 1753. Read in Court, 14 March 1753
Paper entitled 'Reflections concerning the communication by way of Suez'. Baldwin relates his efforts to open the Suez route since 1768 and his impatience with Ainslie's acquiescence to Turkish demands.Baldwin suggests forcible means to keep the route open. Copy testified by Richard Scott, Aleppo
Paper listing correspondence forwarded by Sir Stanier Porten, February 1779 to December 1779, and extracts from Company letters to Bengal, July 1777 to March 1778. Marked "D."
Paper entitled 'Measures concerning the appointment of an officer in Egypt for the purpose of conveying public dispatches to and from India by the way of Suez.' Written by George Baldwin and submitted to the Government.
Proposals for the establishment of a communications route via Suez and the appointment of Company packet agents. Includes tables comparing the times of various postal routes to and from Bombay, Madras and Bengal
Letter from Richard Hughes to Peter Michell, Secretary to the Company. Hughes has received letter from Rumbold Charlton Raikes stating his appointment as agent but has received nothing from the Company. Dated Cairo