Reference: HO 98/66 Description: 1796-1805 [nothing dated 1797 or 1798 in file - many communications between Lt Govr Shaw & Atholl are inAP_X20(2nd)] Source URL: https://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/history/homeoffc/ho98_66.htm ================================================================================ Calendar list of papers in HO 98/66 - 1796-1805 Calendar list of papers in HO 98/66 - 1796-1805 Page Author Recipient Date Topic Notes 1 Shaw Portland 17960118 re insuffient defence 'IoM a frontier post' 2 Atholl Portland 17960124 only 300 men to defend 70-80 miles of coast 3 Shaw Portland 17960206 some barefaced smuggling activities eg surplus Port wine to Ireland 4 Shaw Portland 17960216 1st RMF to offer 8 days pay as contribution to Gov re war 5 Shaw John King 17960323 [private] apologies for smallness of contribution for war £584 sent 6 Shaw Portland 17960323 £584 sent to war contribution 7 Shaw Portland 17960326 Taubman contributes another £100 8 Shaw Portland 17960504 need to take account of strangers esp from Ireland; ? augment fencibles 9 Shaw Portland 17960511 some from Ireland bailed for using seditious language - awaiting arrival of Atty genl 10 Shaw John Cosnahan HB Douglas 17960510 require strangers from Dublin to have certificates of good standing? enc 11 Shaw Portland 17960609 Irish need passports from Ld Lt of Ireland to land on IoM 12 Shaw Portland 17960614 arrivals from Ireland without papers held in Castle Rushen - 27 from Portaferry Co Down 13 Shaw Wickham 17960614 need Atty Genl re persons held by revenue - tmp appt of Thos Howill as acting atty genl 14 Shaw Portland 17960622 Impressment warrants - Shaw notes difficulties with herring fishermen as not professional seamen + suspicious arrivals into Peel 15 Portland Shaw 17960627 passed comments re herring fishery to admiralty; send descriptions of suspicous characters to Dublin 16 Wickham Shaw 17960629 re strangers without papers as noted in 17960622 - not to be given to impress 17 Shaw Portland 17960706 no facilities here to hold number, nor any funds; the 27 mentioned were taken to Douglas but master (Capt Boyde)of revenue cutter refused passage 18 Shaw Castlereagh 17960706 details sent with Capt Boyde but some account given by Mr Potter (Down Patk) who left Strangford Loch same time copy enc 19 Shaw Castlereagh 17960611 list of Irish strangers apprehended enc 20 Shaw Wickham 17960706 Query re acceptable passports 21 Wickham Shaw 17960711 note re acceptable passport 22 Wickham Shaw 17960714 admiralty refuse to exempt herring fishermen from impressment 23 Shaw Wickham 17960726 Keys refuse to attach penalties to not reporting strangers etc 24 Shaw Wickham 17960731 Lt Salwey arrived from ireland with a search party for possible rebels 'lurking in the Island' 25 Shaw Portland 17960910 40 men pressed in last week from fishermen - Keys give a memorial to be sent to Admiralty[memorial not included on file as noted sent to Admiralty] 26 Shaw Wickham 17960916 [private] want at least some of the men of real property + heads of families released - includes list of those impressed 27 Shaw Wickham 17960916 re impressed men taken by HM armed schooner Spider 28 Shaw Wickham 17960907 list of those impressed enc 29 Shaw Portland 17961101 ack (official notice re Quarantine) 30 Shaw Portland 17961122 enc address from Keys[address not on file] 31 Shaw Wickham 17961221 [private] wants Mr Kelly as deputy atty genl - mentions no longer able to give dinners + mix as before 32 Shaw Wickham 17961221 re absence of Atty Genl Frankland 33 18030822 inserted note re Frankland 34 Portland Shaw 17990112 approval of James Kelly as deputy Atty Genl 35 Wickham Shaw 17990112 36 Frankland Charles Read 17990223 re requests from Shaw + Taubman that commission for Fencibles start from 24 Aug 1798; 37 Shaw Portland 17990322 38 Atholl Portland 17990713 [from London] 39 Atholl Portland 17990809 [from IoM] 40 Atholl Portland 17990824 [from IoM]re deputing Robt Cunninghame Lt Govr Shaw on leave, not able to return till mid Sept but Atholl needs to be in Perthshire - wants to depute Lt Robt Cunninghame as Lt Govr for the 10 days or so. 41 Atholl Portland 17990902 [from IoM]acks permission to depute Cunninghame 42 Shaw Portland 17991101 43 Atholl Portland 18000308 [from IoM] re Acts for Royal Assent 44 Atholl Portland 18000426 [from London] store of gunpowder expended 45 Shaw Portland 18000530 46 Shaw J King 18001100 [tight binding] 47 Shaw Portland 18001200 [tight binding] 48 Shaw Portland 18010127 49 Shaw Portland 18010200 [tight binding] 50 Shaw Portland 18010626 51 Fraser J King 18010710 re salaries of Deemsters 52 Shaw Pelham 18010813 53 Shaw Pelham 18011020 54 Atholl Pelham 18011117 [from London] 55 J Lace deemster King memorial for increase in salary;notes a court house lately built at Douglas [enc] 56 Atholl Pelham 18011211 [from London] 57 Shaw Portland 18001200 [tight binding] 58 Atholl Pelham 18020304 [from London] 59 Shaw [Pelham] 18020409 ack of peace treaty 60 Shaw Pelham 18020412 61 Shaw Pelham 18020412 memorndum that Atholl desires to ruin him 62 Shaw Pelham 18020417 63 Shaw Pelham 18020423 64 Shaw Pelham 18020506 65 Shaw Pelham 18020604 66 J F Crellin 18020604 memorial [enc] 67 J F Crellin King 18020604 memorial [enc] 68 Shaw Pelham 18020705 69 J F Crellin Pelham 18020901 70 Shaw Pelham 18020902 ack of official quanrantine notice 71 Shaw Pelham 18030110 72 Shaw York 18030110 memo re forces on IoM 73 J F Crellin Pelham 18030117 74 Shaw Pelham 18030123 75 Shaw Pelham 18030123 memo [enc] 76 Shaw Pelham 18030210 death Thomas Shirman store-keeper 77 Shaw Pelham 18030304 78 Shaw Pelham 18030404 [private] 79 Shaw Pelham 18030405 80 J F Crellin Shaw 18030330 [enc] 81 Shaw Pelham 18030521 82 H Speed Wm Faukner 18030521 re Lord Henry's regiment 83 Atholl Pelham 18030521 [from London] 84 Shaw Pelham 18030528 ack of official notice re trade to France 85 Shaw George Shee 18030528 86 Shaw J King 18030730 [private] 87 Shaw Pelham 18030730 88 Shaw Pelham 18030730 89 Shaw Pelham 18030803 arrival of Catholic priests from Dublin 90 J Shaw J King 18030801 [from London] 91 Shaw York 18030716 [enc] 92 Shaw Pelham 18030805 93 Shaw Charles Yorke 18030827 94 Shaw Charles Yorke 18030830 95 Shaw Charles Yorke 18030902 96 J F Crellin Charles Yorke? 18031016 97 J F Crellin King 18031016 memorial [enc] 98 J F Crellin Charles Yorke 18031029 99 Atholl Charles Yorke 18031104 [from Dunkeld] 100 Atholl Charles Yorke 18031104 [from Dunkeld] 101 Shaw Charles Yorke 18031111 102 Shaw Charles Yorke? 18031203 re signal stations etc 103 Shaw 18031201 monthly return IoM Volunteers [enc] 104 Shaw Charles Yorke 18031204 105 Tynwald 18031203 proposed Act to raise money [enc] 106 J Taubman J C Curwen 18031208 107 Keys J C Curwen 18031204 poor state of house of keys [enc] 108 Atholl Charles Yorke 18031207 [from Dunkeld] suggests resigning as Gov-in-chief with role passing to brother Lord Henry 109 Atholl Charles Yorke 18031207 [confidential]tbackground to above resignation proposal 110 Shaw Charles Yorke 18031216 proposed taxes 111 Atholl Charles Yorke 18031224 objecting to Tynwald's proposed Act 112 Shaw Charles Yorke nd [Private][letter rcvd Jan 1804] 113 Shaw J King 18040203 [Private]re his (Shaw's) possible resignation + Lord Henry Murray appts as Lt Gov 114 Atholl Charles Yorke 18040206 115 Shaw Charles Yorke 18040212 116 Shaw Charles Yorke 18040218 117 Shaw J King 18040320 [from London][Private] 118 J Taubman Charles Yorke 18040329 119 Shaw Charles Yorke 18040328 [from Bath] 120 Atholl Charles Yorke 18040405 [from London] 121 Atholl Charles Yorke 18040419 [from London] 122 Atholl Charles Yorke 18040420 [from London] 123 H A ? 18040420 hurried note "Dorset is fled to Richmond" 124 Shaw Charles Yorke? 18040425 wants resignation 125 Shaw J King 18040425 memo in case resignation needs to be delayed 126 Shaw J King 18040426 127 Shaw Charles Yorke 18040426 needs extension to leave of absence 128 Shaw Hawkesbury 18040521 129 Atholl Hawkesbury 18040609 recommends Thomas Stowell as Clerk of Rolls following death of Mark Quayle 130 Atholl Hawkesbury 18040615 131 Atholl Hawkesbury? 132 Shaw J King 18040623 133 Shaw 18040703 Memorial 134 Atholl Hawkesbury 18040803 [from IoM] 135 Atholl Hawkesbury 18040803 [from IoM] 136 Atholl Hawkesbury 18040803 [from IoM][Private]have appointed brother Lord Henry Murray as Lt Governor 137 Hawkesbury Atholl 18040810 refusal to allow Atholl to appoint brother as Lt Govr 138 Atholl Hawkesbury 18040816 [from Blair] 139 Atholl Hawkesbury 18040905 [Dunkeld] 140 agents for Keys Hawkesbury 18040911 drawing attention to long disputes with Duke + desire for Lt Governship to be speedily nomination 141 H Murray Hawkesbury 18040913 142 James McCrone Hawkesbury 18040914 143 Keys (committe) Hawkesbury 18041103 144 Hawkesbury Atholl 18041207 [copy] 145 Atholl Hawkesbury 18041216 146 agents for Keys King nd 147 Atholl King nd reponse to memorial of Keys 148 House of Commons 1805 request to see the instrument by which Lord Henry was appt by Atholl dated 4 Aug 1804 149 John Christian Hawkesbury nd 150 Keys Hawkesbury 18050406 need for a resident Governor 151 Atholl Hawkesbury 18050524 wants copies of reports of Commissions of Inquiry sent to IoM in 1765 (wants ASAP) 152 Smelt Hawkesbury 18050615 re needed repairs to appartments in Castle Rushen 153 Atholl Hawkesbury 18050627 [from London] enc letter from deemster Crellin 154 J F Crellin King nd 155 Atholl Hawkesbury 18050719 [from London] re equal salaries for deemsters; a new Gov house should be purchased in pref to repairing one in Castle ditch; Lt Gov not to call Keys without informing Sec of State; also wants a sec for Govrnr 156 Smelt J King 18050725 re repairs started but need to go to England to buy furniture 157 Frankland Hawkesbury 18050728 opinion on Lt Govr continuing to preside in court cases if Govr on Island [raised by Atholl 18050719] - he may 158 Smelt Hawkesbury 18050802 ack of official notice re yellow fever 159 Smelt Hawkesbury 18050829 [from London]inadequate salary 160 Smelt J King 18050912 [from IoM]repairs to house; loss of a garden 161 Smelt J King 18051009 re control of volunteers 162 treasury Smelt 18051015 Rcvr Genl ordered to pay Lt Govr as requested 163 Smelt Hawkesbury 18051103 cover letter for Key's address 164 Keys King 0 address to King with thanks for appt of Smelt [enc] 165 Smelt Hawkesbury 18051103 Custom house patronage 166 Paul le Mesunier King 18051104 concerns Alderney not Man 167 Smelt Hawkesbury 18051107 168 Smelt Hawkesbury 18051204 death of Lord Henry Murray on 3rd Dec 169 J Christian (agent for Keys) Hawkesbury 18051226 170 J Christian nd memorial re debt Notes This is the fourth file in the HO 98 series dealing with the IoM - a thick bound volume, which can cause some text to be lost in the binding. The pages are unnumbered - the page number here is the position of the document in the bound volume. Some documents are enclosed with others - usually noted as [enc]. It is intended more as a finding aid than as full abstracts of each paper. The dates are ISO standard format year month day; the key persons are: Lord Portland - Secretary of State at Home Office for the northern district, later replaced by Pelham, followed by Rorke and finally Hawkesbury William Frankland - appointed Attorney-General in 1796 Alexander Shaw - Lt Governor, appointed in 1791;resigned on grounds of health + pushed by Atholl in 1794; replaced much to displeasure of Atholl by Cornelius Smelt in 1805 Cornelius Smelt - appointed Lt Governor in 1805 - remained in post through to death in 1832 Duke of Atholl - 4th Duke, appointed Govr-in-Chief in 1793 - held post until death in 1830 Any comments, errors or omissions gratefully received The Editor HTML Transcription © F.Coakley , 2023