# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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**Transcribed:** 2026-02-25 20:32  
**Method:** Automated (Claude Batch API — claude-opus-4-6)

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that they are only to have equal Encourag.^t with his Maj.^s other
British Subjects: and as to the Act of the 27.^th Geo. 3. c 10. I
rather think it applies only to Vessels fitted out from Ports
in Great Britain.
J Scott Lin^s Inn May 29. 1780.

[margin, right edge, modern archival stamp/notation:] MS 09707/18/5

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