# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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own Laws as much as if they were under Feudatory
Lords, and from those Islands they found that
Smuggling was Carried to a Much Greater Excess
than from the Isle of Mann, (and I am Credibly
informed that is Still the Case) *

As I have been but a few Months
in Poſſeſſion of the Isle of Mann, and never in
the least turnd my Thoughts towards a Sale of it
it is Impoſſible for me, Uninformed as I am at
present, to fix upon what I should think an
adequate Price for a Poſſeſſion So very Considerable,
and as I never heard of any Motion to purchase a party only of it, & it all understood what it is
both for Honour, and Profit; I can therefore
at Present have no Proposal to make but
will always be ready to receive with Respect
any Proposal which Shall Come to me from
Your Lordships; I am

My Lords
Your Lordships
Most Obedient
& Most Humble Servant

Atholl

* It was resumed by the D. of Newcastle when he was first Lord
of the Treasury, and the Duke of Atholl treated with the Same Confidence
being Averse to Sell but always ready to submitt to the Kings Pleasure
in any Matter which he thought for the Publick Good and having a
full Reliance in the D of M.^s Honour & Justice; that as his Brother had said,
So his Grace would Propose no terms which he would not award as an
Arbitrator, after the Duke of M. was fully informed the Matter was likewise
in the same Manner Laid aside.

I have heard that they have often thought in Ireland of Raising a Large Sum to
Offer towards this Consideration & upon fuller deliberation dropped it