# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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**Transcribed:** 2026-02-25 19:26  
**Method:** Automated (Claude Batch API — claude-opus-4-6)

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Burthen, which they run on the Coasts of England,
Scotland, or Ireland, as he has been informed: —
And that large Wherry's from Ireland, of about —
Forty or Fifty Tons Burthen, frequently Arrive
in the Harbours belonging to the Island, and take
on board the beforementioned Sort of Goods in
great Quantity's to the Amount of One Thousand
or Twelve hundred Pound Each Vessel: —

Thomas Willson

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[Written sideways at bottom of page, as endorsement:]

The Examination of
Thomas Willson of Sunderland
in the County of Durham
Mariner, touching the Smuggling
committed in the Isle of Man.