Letter from Arthur Onslow on smuggling enforcement and tea seizures at Isle of Man
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AP_40B-10.txt
- Name
- Letter from Arthur Onslow on smuggling enforcement and tea seizures at Isle of Man
- Description
- Arthur Onslow, Collector of Customs at Liverpool, reports to the Honourable Board on his enforcement efforts against illegal East India goods (particularly tea) being smuggled through the Isle of Man. He details witness operations, vessel seizures, evidentiary challenges, and his proposal for renewed surveillance. The letter illustrates the practical difficulties in prosecuting smugglers and the constitutional limitations of revenue enforcement in the years before the 1765 Revestment.
- Date
- 22 August 1764
- Type
- Financial Data
- Collection
- The Last Years of the Lordship
- Type
- Administrative Correspondence
- Date Created
- 1764-08-22
- Creator
- Arthur Onslow, Collector of Customs, Liverpool
- Audience
- The Honourable Board (Board of Customs/Treasury)
- Identifier
- AP 40B-10 (Atholl Papers)
- Language
- English