Treasury letter to Duke of Atholl re customs smuggling memorial, July 1758
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AP_X14-16.txt
- Name
- Treasury letter to Duke of Atholl re customs smuggling memorial, July 1758
- Description
- Cover letter from Samuel Martin (Treasury) to the Duke of Atholl transmitting a memorial from the Commissioners of Customs regarding the smuggling trade from the Isle of Man. The letter requests the Duke's assistance in suppressing the trade, which is described as an 'enormous fraud upon the publick Revenue.' This document pre-dates the Revestment by seven years and evidences the growing concern about Manx smuggling that would contribute to parliamentary action.
- Date
- 11 July 1758
- Collection
- The Last Years of the Lordship
- Type
- Administrative Correspondence
- Date Created
- 1758-07-11
- Creator
- Samuel Martin, Treasury Chambers
- Audience
- The Duke of Atholl (Your Grace)
- Identifier
- AP_X14-16
- Language
- English