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IOR/G/17/5

Record Id:: 040-000176446
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 036-000175832
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100000001251.0x00021a
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/G/17/5
Title:: Correspondence and papers about the overland route through Egypt
Scope & Content:: Covers 1753; 1773-1787.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Records
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-000173250
036-000175832
040-000176446
Is part of:: IOR/G : East India Company Factory Records
IOR/G/17 : Factory Records: Egypt and the Red Sea

IOR/G/17/5 : Correspondence and papers about the overland route through Egypt
Contains:: IOR/G/17/5 f.1 : Frontispiece entitled 'Trade to Suez', number 983, Examiner's Office, East India House.
IOR/G/17/5 ff.2-3 : Extract from Bengal Public Consultations, 18 November 1773. Plan to explore Red Sea coast from Basra to Suez for new…
IOR/G/17/5 f.4 : Extract of a General Letter from Bengal. Reports that the Cuddalore Schooner has disappeared, in violent gales, off the…
IOR/G/17/5 ff.5-20 : Extract from Bengal Public Consultations, 28 August 1776 Captain David Scott, supercargo of the Alexander, complains that…
IOR/G/17/5 ff.21-40 : Extract from Bengal Public Consultations, 4 November 1776. Minute prepared by Mr Francis about benefits of Red Sea trade…
IOR/G/17/5 ff.41-42 : Extract of a General Letter from Bengal. Reports difficulties in trading at Jedda. Renewal of efforts to open up trading at…
IOR/G/17/5 ff.43-44 : Extract of a General Letter to Bengal. Reminds Bengal that Britain has licence to trade at Mocha and Jedda only. Subjects…
IOR/G/17/5 f.45 : Extract of a General Letter from Bengal. States that public notice has been given about the prohibition of trade to Suez.…
IOR/G/17/5 f.46r : Marked 'Examiner's Office, East India House'.
IOR/G/17/5 ff.47-58 : Report entitled 'Speculations on the situation and resources of Egypt, 1773 to 1785'. Includes an analysis of French…
IOR/G/17/5 ff.59-60 : Covering letter from Richard Harris, Cairo, forwarding letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors. Dated Cairo, 24…
IOR/G/17/5 ff.61-62 : Covering letter from Mr Barton, Alexandria, forwarding letters from Jedda to Robert James, London. Dated Alexandria, 19…
IOR/G/17/5 ff.63-64 : Letter from Committee of Correspondence to George Baldwin. Requests Baldwin to forward Company packages should he take up post…
IOR/G/17/5 ff.65-66 : Draft letter from Committee of Correspondence to George Baldwin. Dated London
IOR/G/17/5 ff.67-68 : Copy of covering letter from the Company to George Baldwin, British consul in Cairo. Requests that packet be forwarded to…
IOR/G/17/5 f.69 : Draft covering letter from the Company to George Baldwin. Dated London
IOR/G/17/5 ff.70-71 : Draft covering letter from the Company to George Baldwin. Dated London
IOR/G/17/5 ff.72-74 : Copy of covering letter from the Company to George Baldwin. Requests that commander of Company ketch Terrible Bomb stay in…
IOR/G/17/5 ff.75-76 : Draft of letter from the Company to George Baldwin. Requests that Baldwin gives any necessary help to John Whitehill,…
IOR/G/17/5 ff.77-80 : Draft of letter from the Company to George Baldwin. Company refuses to pay Bill of Exchange drawn by Baldwin on the…
IOR/G/17/5 ff.81-84 : Draft of letter from the Company to George Baldwin. States that future charges to the Company's account should be at…
IOR/G/17/5 ff.85-86 : Copy of letter from the Company to George Baldwin. States that future charges to the Company's account should be at…
IOR/G/17/5 ff.87-88 : Letter from Richard Willis to Sir George Wombwell. Reports on the rate of exchange for the Turkish Dollar. Dated 16…
IOR/G/17/5 ff.89-90 : Draft of letter from the Company to George Baldwin. Requests help for James Nowlan and Mark Wood, bearers of the letter,…
IOR/G/17/5 ff.91-92 : Copy of letter from the Company to George Baldwin. Requests help for James Nowlan and Mark Wood, bearers of the letter,…
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Hierarchy:: 032-000173250[0017]/036-000175832[0005]/040-000176446
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Record Type (Level):: File
Extent:: 1 volume
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Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1753
End Date:: 1787
Date Range:: 1753-1787
Era:: CE
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