# 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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the illicit trade carried on by means thereof as in their wisdom
and Justice they shall think proper

We are
My Lord^s

your Graces most humble Servants

George Grenville
Whitehall Treasury Chambers } John Turner
12^th Sep^t. 1764 signed Tho^s Orby Hunter
North