# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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**Transcribed:** 2026-02-25 20:32  
**Method:** Automated (Claude Batch API — claude-opus-4-6)

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The Masters and Seamen Navigating Ships
belonging to His Majesty's Subjects there
are liable to the duty of Sixpence p^r
Mensem a—

5^th April
1799} Philip York