# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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Report . 18.^th Decem^r. 1764.

On a Letter from M^r.
Whately, with one from M^r.
Stephens, in relation to a Vessel
which Lieutenant Mathews of
the Lurcher Cutter, had Informat.
had a Quantity of Tea on board,
which was intended to be
landed in the Isle of Man...

Read 19 Dec^r. 1764

Customs N^o

Dire wrote hereon to Customs
with further Instructions