# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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L.I.

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To His Excellency Major General
Edward Smith, Governor in Chief,
Captain General & Chancellor of His
Majesty's Island of Mann. &c &c &^a

The Memorial of the Keys, the
Representatives of the People of
the said Isle.

Humbly Represents.

That deeply as Your Memorialists
are imprefsed with a Sense of the
many Blefsings this Island has
enjoyed under the benign Administration
of The best of Princes, since the
auspicious Æra of his more immediate
Government over it, and gratefully as
they perceive the uniform Exertions on
the part of Your Excellency to promote
the Happinefs and Prosperity of the
People under Your care, It is with
concern and Reluctance Your
Memorialists

MS 09707/8/104

AP X73 (2d) - 16