# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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relanded on the Coasts of these Kingdoms.
I have also great reason to believe great Quantities
of Wool are carryd off by the Wherrys & Boats, after they
have run their Cargoes in great Brittain, to the Isle
of Man, where it is lodged till an opportunity offers
of carrying it to France by the Vessels which have
landed their Cargoes of Brandy Tea &c there.

I have not mentioned the vast Sums of ready Money
which are carryd off by this iniquitous Trade, the
bad consequence it is of in destroying the Morals of
the People, the discouragement to Agriculture &
Manufactures, & many other fatal effects which
will occur to your Honours & dont doubt have been
enumerated by much abler Persons.

I am

London
1 July 1764

Your Honours
most ob^t & most h^ble
Serv^t Cha^s Lutwidge

P.S. I have by Me a List of Wherrys
& Boats which have landed Cargoes from
the Isle of Man on the Scotch side of the
Solway Forth opposite to Cumberland, & two
thirds of the Goods afterwards run into
England, for five Years past, but unluckily
in the hurry I came away have forgot to
bring it up.