Observations on herring fishing lotteries, legal disputes, and social issues in Isle of Man
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- Name
- Observations on herring fishing lotteries, legal disputes, and social issues in Isle of Man
- Description
- An analytical passage discussing the prevalence of herring fishing lotteries among small landholders in the Isle of Man, their negative social effects including drunkenness, and the unusual propensity for litigation among all social classes. The author critiques the lottery system as a distraction from productive land use and discusses challenges in administering justice.
- Place
- Isle of Man
- Type
- Financial Data
- Uncertain Readings
- Archive / Repository
- md:20260219_115222.md
- img:20260219_115222.jpg
- Type
- Other
- Identifier
- MS 09707/8/61 AP 147.9
- Provenance
- Text appears to be middle section of a longer document; opening and closing sentences are incomplete. Abbreviations present ('emb.', 'Manks'). Archive reference visible at end.
- Language
- English