Letter on seizure of vessels carrying East India goods and Isle of Man sovereignty
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AP_X17-14.txt
- Name
- Letter on seizure of vessels carrying East India goods and Isle of Man sovereignty
- Description
- Extract of a letter from Dutch merchant Herman van Yzendoorn to Mr Taubman (presumed intermediary to the Duke of Atholl) reporting the seizure of three vessels in Liverpool carrying East India goods, and their owners' forced payment of £2,600 bail. Van Yzendoorn references a 40+ year old Act of Parliament (7 Geo 1 and 12 Geo 2) confiscating vessels that brought East India goods to the Isle of Man, and argues this violates the Duke's sovereignty over the island, contrasting the Isle's status with that of Guernsey and Jersey which belong to the Crown.
- Date
- 29 July 1763
- Type
- Financial Data
- Collection
- The Last Years of the Lordship
- Type
- Administrative Correspondence
- Date Created
- 1763-07-29
- Creator
- Herman van Yzendoorn (Rotterdam merchant)
- Audience
- Mr Taubman
- Identifier
- AP X17-14
- Language
- English