Copy of letter from Fratelli Pini to Court of Directors. Marked "copy for Marseilles". Forwards packet from Mocha addressed to British Consul in Cairo. Dated Cairo, 29 December 1784, with postscript of 26 January 1785
Printed letter from George Baldwin to the Court of Directors, about communications with India via Suez. Includes extracts from correspondence between Baldwin and Sir Robert Ainslie, British ambassador to Constantinople, in 1779. Printed in the Strand
Letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to the Court of Directors. Forwarding letter from George Smith. Dated Constantinople, 21 February 1777. Received in Vienna and Paris, 23 March 1777. Read in Court, 25 March 1777
Letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to the Court of Directors. Reports steps taken to retrieve goods confiscated from British subjects trading at Suez prior to the prohibition. Dated Constantinople, 3 October 1777. Read in Court, 28 November 1777
Copy of cipher letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to Peter Michell. Traces developments in Anglo-Turkish relations, 1776 to 1779. Recommends that tributes be given to the Porte in order to remain competitive with the French and that a 'proper agent' be appointed at Cairo. Dated Constantinople, 17 Jun...
Copy of letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to Peter Michell. Forwards dispatch and comments upon rupture between Britain and Holland. Dated Constantinople, 16 February 1781. Received overland, 24 March 1781. Read in Court.