Memorial on smuggling and manufacturing trade from the Isle of Man
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- Name
- Memorial on smuggling and manufacturing trade from the Isle of Man
- Description
- A petition or memorial submitted to a lordship detailing three illegal manufacturing activities in the Isle of Man: linen production using smuggled flax, hide tanning using materials from Great Britain and Ireland, and tobacco manufacturing. The document proposes remedies to address smuggling and enforce existing laws.
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- Financial Data
- Uncertain Readings
- Archive / Repository
- md:20260219_141003.md
- img:20260219_141003.jpg
- Type
- Petition
- Creator
- Memorialists (unspecified group)
- Audience
- Your Lordships (nobility/government authority)
- Provenance
- Fragment of larger document; text cuts off mid-sentence at end. References to Charles II Acts (13th & 14th Car: 2d) suggest 17th-century legislation.
- Language
- English