# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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To the Right Honorable the Lords Commifsioners of his
Majesty's Treasury

The humble Petition and Memorial of
Meſs^rs John Taubman and John Stevenson
Inhabitants of the Isle of Mann.

Sheweth
That upon the Faith and Credit of the several Harbour
Acts and Statutes within the said Isle previous to the Year 1765
and in virtue of an Order ifsued by the Legislative Body of said
Isle your Petitioner Taubman was induced to Lend the then
Supervisors of said Harbours the Sum of Three hundred pounds
manks Currency at lawful Interest as by Bonds dated
respectively the 1^st September 1763 and 26^th May 1764 may
appear... And in like manner your Petitioner Stevensons Wife
previous to her intermarriage was prevailed on to lend the
Sum of Three hundred Pounds British as by Bond dated
the 12^th January 1764 may also appear.

That the said Loans and Sums were accordingly
expended and laid out in the Improvement and necefsary
Repairs of said Harbours as by Authentic Vouchers extant on the
public Records of the said Isle doth more fully and clearly appear

That upon a General Settlement of the said Harbour Accounts
before a Committee appointed by the Governor Council and Keys
the Legislature of the said Isle there appears (by Authentic Papers
on the Public Records) due on your Petitioner Taubman's Bonds
for Principal and Interest the Sum of Three hundred and
Ninety three pounds Seven Shillings and three pence halfpenny
and to your Petitioner Stevenson the Sum of Four hundred
and Eighty Five pounds twelve Shillings and Six pence manks
Currency making in the whole due to both the Petitioners the
Sum of Seven hundred and fifty four Pounds five Shillings
and Sixpence halfpenny British.

That your Petitioners have repeatedly applied to Charles
Lutwidge Esquire His Majesty's Receiver General and others the
Commifsioners of the Sea Ports and Harbours of the said Isle for
the Payment of their Debts chargeable upon the Revenue and

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