Name

Malachy Postlethwayt

Biography

Economist whose Dictionary of Trade and Commerce (1755) documented the Isle of Man's running trade with the precision of a man who understood exactly what he was looking at. He described the Island as an established entrepot with specific infrastructure, noting that the Duke of Atholl's revenues arose 'for the most part, from small duties and customs paid upon goods entered in the Isle of Man.' The language is that of a revenue system, not a criminal enterprise. The word 'smuggled' appears only when the goods cross the water to Britain.

Active Period

c.1707–1767

Place

London

Period

Atholl Lordship

Role / Office

Economist

Writer

Book Chapter

Chapter 5

Chapter 9