Governor Wood's Report #14 to Duke of Atholl on administrative matters, 17 Dec 1763
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- Name
- Governor Wood's Report #14 to Duke of Atholl on administrative matters, 17 Dec 1763
- Description
- Letter from Governor Wood to the Duke of Atholl reporting on financial remittances (£1100), quarantine lifting for merchants, and a controversy over merchant John Taubman's appointment as Deemster. Wood defends his earlier recommendation of Taubman against the Duke's concerns about conflicts of interest, citing Taubman's experience and the Duke's own previous conditional approval. The letter reveals tensions between the Governor and the absent Duke over governance and appointments.
- Date
- 17 December 1763
- Related To
- Major John Taubman
- James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl
- John Wood
- John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl
- Deemster John Lace
- Type
- Financial Data
- Collection
- The Last Years of the Lordship
- Type
- Administrative Correspondence
- Date Created
- 1763-12-17
- Creator
- Governor Wood (Isle of Man)
- Audience
- Duke of Atholl
- Identifier
- AP X17-31 (Atholl Papers)
- Language
- English