# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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Kenwood 12 Au: 1764

My dear Lord

I have this Moment received
your Grace's. Your Answer seems to me
guarded & proper & therefore I see no Rea:
son to stop it. You cannot be too cautious
Their letter is a strange one it is insidious
& looks like laying a Trap to put you
in the wrong so as to justify some Act
of Violence. Their Idea, I suspect, is to
check the Importation without making
you any Satisfaction at all, but that they
not be so easy. Your Answer in every
Respect is wise & well penned M^r
Grenville ought to treat first privately
& personally, the Proposal ought to
come from those who desire the thing
& they should explain what they desire
It insinuates Menaces & seems not somuch
the Opening of a Negotiation, as wrote
to draw an Answer from you to be

MS 09707/6/333

AP 42B - 10