Petition regarding illegal seizure of tea by customs officers in Peel
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- Name
- Petition regarding illegal seizure of tea by customs officers in Peel
- Description
- A petition describing the illegal seizure of tea by Philip Barnes, an officer acting under His Majesty in the Port of Peel, and armed men who entered the houses of Thomas Woods and Philip Cottier. The petitioners sought return of the goods but received no satisfactory answer from the officers and intend to claim their property rights in court.
- Place
- Isle of Man
- Related To
- George III
- Type
- Uncertain Readings
- Archive / Repository
- md:20260218_135412.md
- img:20260218_135412.jpg
- Type
- Petition
- Provenance
- Marginal notation partially illegible ('? Roo [?] Profor[?]'). Some strikethrough text and insertions present.
- Language
- English