Officers of Carlisle Custom House petition for military support against smugglers
- Item sets
- Sources
- Name
- Officers of Carlisle Custom House petition for military support against smugglers
- Description
- Letter from the officers of Carlisle Custom House to their superiors reporting on smuggling activities and requesting military assistance. The officers describe an armed encounter with smugglers in June near Hayton Castle and argue that deploying light troops is the only effective means of suppressing smuggling operations that threaten the Crown's revenue and legitimate traders.
- Date
- 5 December 1764
- Type
- Uncertain Readings
- Archive / Repository
- md:20260219_140836.md
- img:20260219_140836.jpg
- Collection
- The Last Years of the Lordship
- Type
- Administrative Correspondence
- Date Created
- 1764-12-05
- Creator
- Officers of the Custom House, Carlisle
- Audience
- Your Honours (superior authority)
- Contributor
- Jno Norman
- Wm Willson
- Provenance
- Some abbreviated contractions and period abbreviations (M^r, h^e, Dec^r, Feb^ry, hum^ble, Serv^ts, Jn^o, W^m) are typical of the era; text appears complete.
- Language
- English