Report on smuggling trade between Isle of Man and the Kingdom
- Item sets
- Sources
- Name
- Report on smuggling trade between Isle of Man and the Kingdom
- Description
- An official report addressed to lordships detailing findings of an enquiry into smuggling operations between the Isle of Man and the Kingdom. The report describes the geographical advantages enabling smuggling, the refuge the island provides to fugitives and bankrupts, and the use of wherries built at Rush for contraband trafficking. It discusses efforts to suppress the illicit trade.
- Archive / Repository
- md:20260219_140307.md
- img:20260219_140307.jpg
- Type
- Administrative Correspondence
- Audience
- Your Lordships
- Identifier
- MS 09707/6/321
- Provenance
- Document appears to be incomplete; final sentence is cut off at bottom of page.
- Language
- English