# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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**Transcribed:** 2026-02-25 19:26  
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in Cases as arising between
the Duke of Atholl and the
Crown, in which the Acting
Attorney General, (being generally
employed in the Dukes Business)
might be partial - But as there
are no existing Questions as
between the Duke of Atholl &
the Crown, and none ever
likely to arise, that Objection
falls to the ground.

The Duke of Atholl speaks
of his own knowledge & affirms,
that all important Business
belonging to the Office of
Attorney General of the Isle of Man
is not sufficient to give
Employment for more than three
weeks in Spring & three weeks in
Autumn to M^r Clarke - and for
the residue of the year an Acting
Attorney General is quite equal to
any