Petition for payment of harbour improvement loans by Taubman and Stevenson
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- Name
- Petition for payment of harbour improvement loans by Taubman and Stevenson
- Description
- A petition to the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury by John Taubman and John Stevenson requesting payment of loans totalling £754 5s 6½d made to the Isle of Man harbour supervisors in 1763-1764. The petitioners claim the funds were expended on harbour improvements and repairs, and seek recovery of principal and accrued interest from harbour revenues.
- Place
- Isle of Man
- Type
- Financial Data
- Uncertain Readings
- Archive / Repository
- md:20260219_123301.md
- img:20260219_123301.jpg
- Type
- Petition
- Creator
- John Taubman and John Stevenson
- Audience
- The Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury
- Identifier
- MS 09707/8/115 AP 34A - 17
- Provenance
- Document appears incomplete; text cuts off mid-sentence ('chargeable upon the Revenue and'). Some abbreviated words and 18th-century spelling variations present (e.g. 'Commifsioners', 'Meſs^rs', 'ifsued', 'necefsary').
- Language
- English