Reply from Lancaster Customhouse re smuggling from Isle of Man, 1764
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AP_40B-5_2.txt
- Name
- Reply from Lancaster Customhouse re smuggling from Isle of Man, 1764
- Description
- Official response from Lancaster Customhouse officers (Robert Foxcroft, Collector, and J. Smethurst, Deputy Comptroller) to enquiries about trade and goods imported into the Isle of Man. The officers report minimal direct trade from Lancaster to Man, note that India and other goods are imported via Holland, and suggest Liverpool and Whitehaven as better sources for information on Manx import duties and trade patterns.
- Date
- 31 May 1764
- Collection
- The Last Years of the Lordship
- Type
- Administrative Correspondence
- Date Created
- 1764-05-31
- Creator
- Customhouse officers at Lancaster (Robert Foxcroft, Collector; J. Smethurst, Deputy Comptroller)
- Audience
- The Lords/Commissioners of the Treasury or similar official body ('Honble Sirs')
- Identifier
- AP 40B-5 (Atholl Papers)
- Language
- English