# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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To his Excellency [of?] [illegible] Esq^r Governor of this Isle
The humble Address of the Keys

May it please your Excellency

We the Keys being now assembled agreeable to Your Excellencys [summons?] [that?] [the?] [Keys?]
are pleased to take this opportunity of returning your Excellency our sincere thanks [&?] [express?]
& the paternal mark & great affection & Solem for this Distressed Island [&?] [praying?] [in?] this [every?]
[to?] his [blessing?] with such great Calamity by calling us together on this [emergency?]
[distressing?] & [important?] Occasion. Impressed with a just sense of your Ex^llencys [always?]
[watchfull?] [&?] [kind?] [heart?] & attention to the Welfare & the property of this Isle, we humbly leave
to request you would be pleased to lay our humble Petition before his most Sacred
Majesty our Sovereign in the most dutifull & respectfull manner, & wishing
your Excellency may long live to preside over us is the hearty Desire of
your faithfull Keys - Castletown 2^d Feb^y 1769 Geo: Moore

W^m Dalton                          John Taubman
W^m Ludbrough                       Will: Murray
Hugh Conahan                         Jo^n Clucas
W^m Keon [?]                        Tho^s Radcliffe
Tho^s Moore                         Philip Moore
Rich^d Amb^e Stevenson.             John Moore
Tho^s Fargher                       W^m Stevenson
                                     John Cesar

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To his Excellency John Wood Esq^r Gov^r of this Isle -

Forasmuch as there is a vacancy in the house of Keys by the decease of M^r
[Ewan?] Christian late one of the Members, It is this day resolved & agreed upon
that the following persons to wit -
M^r John Joseph Bacon
M^r James Oates
be returned to your Excellency as proper & fitt persons (who have been [been?]
duly elected by this House) to supply & fill up the said vacant [seat?] [and?] [it?]
is humbly recommended to your Excellencys option & choice Dated
at Castletown this 20^th day of July 1769 -
George Moore