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.
Extract of Bombay Political Consultations Reports on letter by Admiral Rainier suggesting that Commodore Blankett take possession of the Island of Perim with a view to establishing a post there.
Extract of Bombay Political Consultations. Popham renews his efforts to secure commercial treaties for India with the Red Sea states following the defeat of France in Egypt. The Porte seeks to regain control of Arabia and has sent Turkish troops to Jedda against the Sheriff of Mecca.
Extract of Bengal Secret Consultations. Following the peace between England and France, Popham instructed not to enter into agreements to protect Arab states against France or the Porte, nor to mediate between the Porte and the Sheriff of Mecca. Popham warned that he has overstepped the limits of...