Copy of letter from Lord Grenville to the Earl of Elgin. Temporarily approves arrangements for monthly messenger to Vienna but requests estimates of costs involved. Marked "3." Dated Downing Street
Copy of letter from the Earl of Elgin to Marquis Wellesley. Reports the establishment of British Residencies at Baghdad and Bucharest. Marked "16." Dated Constantinople
Letter from Major-General Baird to the Court of Directors. Reports preparations to cross the desert to Suez and helpfulness of the Pasha of Egypt. Dated Giza
Draft letter to Sir Robert Ainslie via Sir Stanier Porten. Permits Ainslie to offer payment to the Porte for the use of Suez for communications for India. Dated London
Copy of letter from John O'Donnell to Sir Robert Ainslie. Reports that he travelled from Bengal to Suez as a passenger on the Danish ship Nathalia. Relates the subsequent destruction of caravan, his own refuge in Baldwin's house and the imprisonment of his surviving companions. Marked "No.5." Dat...
Copy of a letter from Sir James Harris to the Marquis of Carmarthen. Gives details of a treaty negotiated by the Chevalier Truguet in Egypt. Dated the Hague, 20 December 1785 Received 24 December 1785.
Notes on a meeting of the Court of Directors Announces appointment of Baldwin as Consul General in Egypt and orders Committee of Correspondence to decide whether or not to use Baldwin as Company packet agent