Translation of letter from Grand Wazir, Dârendeli Muhammad Pasha, to the Governor of Cairo. Encloses a Kaimé explaining that English ships from India calling at Suez (prior to the prohibition orders being received in India) should be treated favourably. Dated Constantinople
Translation of letter from Grand Wazir, Dârendeli Muhammad Pasha, to the Governor of Cairo. Encloses a kaimé explaining that English ships from India calling at Suez (prior to the prohibition orders being received in India) should be treated favourably. Dated Constantinople
Extract from the registers of the British Cancellaria in Aleppo. Translation of a hattichérif, addressed to the Government of Egypt. Urges vigilance against Europeans trading in Suez. Copy verified by Eleazar Edwards, Cancellier
Extract from the registers of the British Cancellaria in Aleppo. Records George Baldwin's petition and efforts to obtain redress for those people seized by the Egyptians in 1779. Copy verified by Eleazar Edwards, Cancellier
Letter from Richard Hughes to Peter Michell, Secretary to the Company. Reports on movements of Europeans travelling through Egypt. States that there is an outbreak of plague in Cairo and Alexandria. Dated Cairo, 29 April 1781. Received 20 August 1781. Read in Court
Letter from Richard Hughes to Peter Michell, Secretary of the Company. Resents loss of two years waiting for Company's decision. Asks for compensation. Dated Cairo, 7 September 1781. Read in Court.
Letter from Richard Hughes to Messieurs William and Thomas Raikes, London. States that Ainslie has obtained a limited permit for the despatch of letters via Suez. Dated Alexandria
Letter from George Baldwin to the Company. Announces Baldwin's appointment as British Consul General to Egypt and willingness to forward Company packets to and from India. Dated Piccadilly, 19 May 1786. Read in Court
Minutes of a Committee of Correspondence meeting. Decision to attempt reopening of Suez communications and to use Baldwin as Company packet agent in Cairo.