Egypt.- Suez Canal. Quantity of material

Egypt.- Suez Canal. Quantity of material relating to the rebellion at Port Said and the Suez Canal,including: (1) Seymour (Frederick Beauchamp) Letter signed to to Captain Leon of the Zaragossa, 2pp., Invincible at Alexandria, 10th July 1882, warning of impending hostilities "between the forces under my command and those of the de facto rulers of Egypt" and requesting "that you will remove the ships under your command and the Merchant Vessels of your nationality from the line of fire" (2) Hoskins (Sir Anthony Hiley, naval officer, secured the Suez Canal after the bombardment of Alexandria, 1828-1901) Letter signed to Captain Louis Leon of the Zaragossa, 1p. on a bifolium, folio, HMS Penelope, Port Said, 20th August 1882, "... it is my intention to occupy the town of Port Said and Garrison it with the forces at my disposal. The Egyptian troops in Rebellion against... the Khedive will be disarmed..." (3) Lesseps (Ferdinand de, developer of the Suez Canal, 1805-94) Autograph Letter signed to "Commandant", 2pp. with conjugate blank, 8vo, Paris, 14th December 1882, relating to the Frigate Carmen and the Suez Canal (4) quantity of manuscripts in Spanish, including a description of de Lesseps' visit to Leon's ship Zaragossa, reports on the situation in Port Said etc., July-December 1882 (5) Regulations for the Navigation of the Suez Maritime Canal, printed work, text in French and English, 3pp. of illustrations, browned, 1878 (6) printed invitation to dinner to Captain Leon from Contre-Admiral Conrad, Commandant en Chef la Division navale du Levant, n.d.; v.s., v.d.(qty)