Reply from Dublin on Smuggling from Isle of Man, October 1764
- Item sets
- Sources
- Name
- Reply from Dublin on Smuggling from Isle of Man, October 1764
- Description
- Report from Dublin customs authorities (Ponsonby, Bourke, Trevor, Burton) to the Lord Lieutenant responding to an enquiry about smuggling between the Isle of Man and Ireland. Details the geography, personnel, vessels (wherries from Rush), contraband goods (tea, brandy, tobacco, East India goods), enforcement measures, and estimated revenue loss. A key document on the operational scale of the smuggling trade and official Irish response.
- Date
- 20 October 1764
- Place
- Whitehaven
- Isle of Man
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Liverpool
- France
- Dublin
- Cumberland
- Lancashire
- Holland
- Type
- Financial Data
- Collection
- The Last Years of the Lordship
- Type
- Administrative Correspondence
- Date Created
- 1764-10-20
- Creator
- Dublin Custom House officers (Ponsonby, Bourke, Trevor, Burton)
- Audience
- Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and his Lordships (via Mr Whately)
- Language
- English