Whitehaven Merchants' Memorial
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- Name
- Whitehaven Merchants' Memorial
- Description
- Whitehaven merchants petitioned Parliament about the Manx trade, complaining that goods entering the Isle of Man at low duty were being re-exported to Britain, undercutting British merchants who paid full rates. The memorial was one of the triggers for Parliament's eventual decision to purchase the Island — the East India Company's commercial interests dressed as a revenue protection measure.
- Date
- c.1752–1754
- Place
- Whitehaven / Westminster
- People Involved
- Chapter 9
- Type
- Commercial / Political