# 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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Silks, Arrack and other East India Goods, Coffee, Geneva and Junip[obscured]
Berries. — The Liverpoole Merchants also import from Holland to
The Isle of Man and lodge in Stores which they have provided there
Gunpowder, Fire Arms, Toys, and East India Goods for their African
Trade.

This is The Result of the best Enquiries We have been
able to make, Which We humbly submit to Your Lordships Consider
ations, And are with the greatest Respect

Your Lordships most Obedient and
most Humble Servants

Custom House Dublin
20.^th October 1764.

In Ponsonby
John Bourke
A. P. Trevor[?]
Ben^n Burton
Newtown

To The R^t. Hon^ble. The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasu[obscured]