Letter from John Quayle (Governor's Clerk) to Duke of Atholl on smuggling and naval activity · Revestment 1765

Name: Letter from John Quayle (Governor's Clerk) to Duke of Atholl on smuggling and naval activity
Description: John Quayle, Governor's Clerk on the Isle of Man, reports to the Duke of Atholl on his recent return from London, with intelligence on smuggling activity (tea ships from Copenhagen and Gothenburg), naval enforcement plans (HMS Hynde and proposed cutter stations), and local administrative matters. Dated just weeks before the Revestment Act was passed, this letter provides crucial evidence of the smuggling trade and the Crown's emerging enforcement strategy.
Date: 31 January 1765
Place: Douglas; Castletown; Peel; Isle of Man; London; Dublin
Related To: Charles Lutwidge; John Quayle; James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl; John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl
Type: Financial Data
Collection: The Last Years of the Lordship; Crown Administration
Type: Administrative Correspondence
Date Created: 1765-01-31
Creator: John Quayle, Governor's Clerk, Isle of Man
Audience: Duke of Atholl (John Murray, 4th Duke)
Identifier: AP 33B-11 (Atholl Papers)
Language: English