Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to Lord Weymouth. Reports obtaining of a limited 'indulgence' for Company ships arriving at Suez prior to the summer of 1778. Dated Constantinople, 17 December 1777. Read in Court, 4 February 1778
Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to Lord Weymouth. States reassurances offered to the Porte that English ships, except occasional packet boats, will not navigate past Jedda. Dated Constantinople
Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to Lord Weymouth. Reports an English ship deliberately returning to Suez from India in order to trade before the ban is in place. Also, the French have negotiated with the Beys of Egypt so as to continue trading at Suez in spite of the Porte's orders. B...
Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to Lord Weymouth. Reports present lack of success in obtaining permission to continue to use Suez as a communications route. Dated Constantinople
Extract of a private letter from Captain Mark Wood to Mr Wilks. States that Mr Baldwin has influence with Egyptian authorities which is of great help to European travellers. Dated Cairo
Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to Lord Weymouth. Comments that two officers from East India House were dispatched to Bombay via Basra. Dated Constantinople
Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to Lord Weymouth. Reports the seizure of various Company goods and English subjects but remarks on the free passage of a caravan of French goods destined for India. Marked "No.1." Dated Constantinople