# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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**Transcribed:** 2026-02-25 19:26  
**Method:** Automated (Claude Batch API — claude-opus-4-6)

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that he saw One hundred Gallons of Liquor sent on board
the same Cutter that morning, — And Saith, that on
the same day about Six in the Morning a Wherry was
chased into the Bay of Douglas by a Barge in the
Service of the Customs at Strangford in Ireland,
Captain Wheeler Commander, on board of which
Barge he was Informed by one Conner, a Merchant
up on the Island, that Goods to the Value of One
Thousand Guineas had the day before ~~Li~~ been put
on board the said Wherry;— And Saith, that he was
informed by his Landlord at Castle Town, whose
Name he does not know, who keeps the Sign of
the Ship, that the Hornet Sloop of War or Cutter, had
been there on the 1^st of September, and had taken on
board a large Quantity of Goods at Derby haven;—
And saith, that he was also Informed by David
Angus beforementioned, that the Ranger Sloop
of War Captain Paisley, and the Hunter Sloop,
together with a Barge in the Service of the Customs
at Greenock had taken on board their said Vessels,
Goods of Various kinds to the Value of Eight hundred
Pounds;— And Saith, that during his Stay this second
time, upon the Island which was Twenty four days,
Brandy, Rum, Geneva, Tea, Coffee and Silks
were daily and publickly put on board Boats
belonging to the Island of about [above line: Ten or] Fifteen Tons
Burthen