Journal of Alexander Loudon, purser on the troopship HMS ROMULUS (1785), kept between 10 July 1800 and 23 June 1801, with an additional loose sheet providing entries for 24 August to 3 September 1801. The ROMULUS was in the fleet that landed an expeditionary force at Aboukir Bay in March 1801 as part of operations to reclaim Egypt from the French. The journal includes accounts of the Battle of Aboukir Bay as observed from ROMULUS and actions surrounding the Battle of Alexandria. Loudon records his various activities and dealing as a purser as well as a trip up the Nile to Rosetta and a visit to Acre during which he accompanied Captain Culverhouse to a meeting with Jazzar Pasha [Ahmed Pasha al-Jazzar].