Parliamentary speech on the Isle of Man's trade and smuggling practices
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- Parliamentary speech on the Isle of Man's trade and smuggling practices
- Description
- This is page 29 of a printed parliamentary speech or pamphlet discussing the Isle of Man's role in smuggling and its impact on British commerce. The speaker critiques a bill referencing the 7th of George the First while suppressing the 12th, and cites a Report of the Commissioners of the Customs in Scotland detailing the island's proximity to Britain and the difficulty of preventing smuggling activities on the west coast.
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- Uncertain Readings
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- md:20260219_101722-2.md
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- Type
- Printed Pamphlet
- Provenance
- Page 29 of a larger document; Latin phrase 'Sed delenda est Carthago' appears; text uses 18th-century typography with long 's' characters.
- Language
- English