Atholl Papers Bundle AP_104

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Date
Brief Description
AP_104_1
6.1.1801
J.Haskins to Duke re, the alterations he proposes in the method of conducting the Peel Academy,which he is about to take over.
AP_104_2
4.2.1801
J.Nutting (London) to Duke asking for payment of a bill,outstanding since 1795,for Regimental buttons.
AP_104_3
6.2.1801
Dr.J.N.Scott to Duke asking that he should use his influence with the Commander-in-Chief to obtain the reinstatement in the Army of the writer's brother. He says also that his father "the O1d Doctor" is rapidly failing.
AP_104_4
17.4.1801
Messrs.Wilson & Herley (Cork) to Messrs.G.& J.Abell (London) re. a seizure of Spirits intended for the I.O.M.
AP_104_5
22.4.1801
Messrs G.&.J.Abel to Duke enclosing AP_104_4.
AP_104_6
24.4.1801
W.Y.Knight to Duke stating the balance due from Mr.Watts upon his Commission being revoked.
AP_104_7
29.4.1801
P.Heron to Duke re. the grant of a pension to Mr. Affleck,an ex-Customs Officer.
AP_104_8
8.5.1801
E.Gelling to Duke thanking him for the obtaining of an Ensigncy for his son.
AP_104_9
15.5.1801
J.Gelling to Duke with thanks for the Commission granted him.
AP_104_10
20.5.1801
Mr.Beresford to Duke stating that the "John and Betty" with her cargo (see AP_104_4) have been released.
AP_104_11
8.6.1801
Board of Revenue to Sir John Reid ordering him to carry the Duke and his attendants to and from the Island in the Cutter "Prince Edward" under his command.
AP_104_12
15.6.1801
Henry Holmes & Sons (Liverpool) to Duke with a number of questions and answers (see AP_104_13) on the salt trade and remarks on the herring-curing business.
AP_104_13
Questions and answers ref. in AP_104_12.
AP_104_14
18.6.1801
Senhouse Wilson to Duke re.his salary and pension.
AP_104_15
23.7.1801
J.Crellin to Duke stating,on behalf of the Agricultural Society that they consider the payment of Tithes in kind "depresses the spirit of cultivation" and suggesting a system of commutation.
AP_104_16
24.8.1801
Rev.T.Corlett to Duke asking that he be given the Rectory of Ballaugh,of which the holder has died the previous day. States that he has been vicar of Lezayre for twenty years and kept himself, a wife and ten children, four of which are dead, on a salary of £36.14.0 Manks p.a. Details his qualifications for the post which includes knowledge of the Manx language and the fact that he has once shaken hands with the Duke and once proposed his health.
AP_104_17
27.8.1801
Rev. High Stowell to Duke asking to be made Rector of Ballaugh.
AP_104_18
27.8.1801
Rev.N.Christian to Duke asking to be made Rector of Ballaugh.
AP_104_19
2.9.1801
R.Frewin to Duke Trivial.
AP_104_20
9.9.1801
James Drinkwater to Duke asking him to use his influence re. the obtaining of drawbacks on imports of sugar. Asking also to be allowed to purchase the land "on which now stands the Record Office and the house where Mr.Scott lives."
AP_104_21
9.10.1801
C.Plummer to Bishop of St. Davids suggesting the manufacture of woollen goods in the I.O.M. with estimates) of cost.
AP_104_22
23.10.1801
Dr.J.N.Scott to Duke re.the health of Lord Henry Murray.
AP_104_23
23.10.1801
John Corlett to Deemster Crellin re. his position in the Customs Service. forwarded to Duke for his information.
AP_104_24
2510.1801
Mrs.E.Heywood to Duke asking his influence with Admiral St.Vincent to obtain the promotion to Commander of her son Peter,
AP_104_25
31.10.1801
Rev. D.Mylrea to Duke re the value of the Rectory of Ballaugh,to which he hopes to be appointed,and what he would offer a curate there.
AP_104_26
21.11.1801
Lt. A.Murray to Duke asking for some appointment as he expects to lose his present post of Quartermaster in the Manx Fencibles which are to be reduced at an early date.
AP_104_27
23.11.1801
Messrs.Leece & Drinkwater to Duke stating that as Licences have been sent to the Island they will lose no time in shipping some rum over as “the Island is completely drained,not a gallon of rum or any kind of spirits,or a pound of tea" being for sale there.
AP_104_28
18.1.1802
Rev.T.Stephens to Duke asking to be appointed to one of the two benefices vacant.
AP_104_29
27.1.1802
Mr.Solicitor.-Gen.to Duke promising that he and the Att.-Gen. will attend to his Memorial as soon as they find it possible to do so.
AP_104_30
18.2.1802
R.Frewin to Duke re .instruction to be given to Mr.Head at the Liverpool Customs.
AP_104_31
25.2.1802
Messrs.Leece & Drinkwater to Duke. with some suggestions [see AP_104_32]re the new Act to be passed for regulating the trade of the Island. Mentions the disadvantages of the Licence System,and that during the recent war goods could be shipped only under convoy or Admiralty Licence,
AP_104_32
Suggestions mentioned in AP_104_31.
AP_104_33
-.3.1802
Lt.& Paymaster M.H.Quayle to Duke announcing his arrival in London for the purpose of obtaining certain allowances due to the Manx Fencibles which have been disallowed by the War Office
AP_104_34
12.3.1802
Rev. N.Christian to Duke with thanks for his appointment as Vicar of Kk Michael.


 

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