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| AP_126(4th)_1 |
1.12.1812
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Commission (copy) from the Duke to Mr.H.R.Oswald, appointing him to be Surgeon to the Household. |
| AP_126(4th)_2 |
10.9.1813
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Lt.Gov.Smelt to Ld. Sidmouth. complaining that whereas the Duke had appointed Dr.Oswald he had already appointed Dr.J.Jeffcot (in the absence of the Duke),and as the Receiver-Gen. refused to pay a salary to both of them he wished for instructions as to what should be done, He points out that as Dr. Oswald resides at Douglas he and his family, living at Castletown,are deprived of his services. |
| AP_126(4th)_3 |
18.10.1813
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Sidmouth to Duke Trivial |
| AP_126(4th)_4 |
10.2.1814
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Sidmouth to Duke saying that he has confirmed the appointment of Dr.Jeffcot and cannot make any change. |
| AP_126(4th)_5 |
19.2.1814
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Duke to Sidmouth asking that he be allowed to give his reasons for appointing Dr.Oswald before a final decision is made. |
| AP_126(4th)_6 |
20.4.1814
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Duke to Sidmouth points out that no answer to his request(as above) has been received,and repeats his request for confirmation of Jeffcot's appointment to be withheld. |
| AP_126(4th)_7 |
4.5.1814
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Sidmouth to Duke giving his reasons for the decision he has made. |
| AP_126(4th)_8 |
14.5.1814
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Duke to Sidmouth stating his reasons for objecting to Jeffcot's appointment,which reasons he has been denied an opportunity to put forward and Sidmouth has consequently not appreciated. |
| AP_126(4th)_9 |
16.5.1814
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Duke to Sidmouth enclosing a further letter on the above subject and asking that proofs of statements may be called for and examined. |
| AP_126(4th)_10 |
19.5.1814
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Sidmouth to Duke enclosing a copy of Dr.Jeffcot's appointment as he thinks that the Duke may not be aware that this had ever been officially made. |
| AP_126(4th)_11 |
28.3.1812
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Copy of appointment of Dr.Jeffcot,as above. |
| AP_126(4th)_12 |
21.5.1814
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Duke to Sidmouth assuring him that he is under no misapprehension as to the facts of the case,and again asking for an answer to his original letter. |
| AP_126(4th)_13 |
24.5.1814
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Sidmouth to Duke expressing his readiness to receive from the Duke any representations which he may care to make. |
| AP_126(4th)_14 |
20.6.1814
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Duke to Sidmouth (draft) giving some preliminary details of the character and actions of Dr.Jeffcot,and promising to send other remarks when he reaches the Island,which he hopes to do in the near future. |
| AP_126(4th)_15 |
30.6.1814
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Answers given by Dr.Jeffcot to questions put to him by the Duke. |
| AP_126(4th)_16 |
-.7.1814
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Duke to Sidmouth (draft) sending additional evidence with regard to these eppointments,and saying that as he believes his official character to ; have been attacked he will,if it is not cleared by the Sec.of State,apply to the Prince Regent to appoint a Commission to examine matters. |
| AP_126(4th)_17 |
21.6.1814
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Sidmouth to Lt. Gov. Smelt directing him to imprison in Castle Rushen certain men who have been released before trial on a charge of smuggling for which they were being held. |
| AP_126(4th)_18 |
6.7.1814
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Duke to Sidmouth stating that this has been done |
| AP_126(4th)_19 |
23.4.1816
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Sidmouth to Duke with regard to the insufficiency of the Military Force in the Island. |
| AP_126(4th)_20 |
23.6.1816
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Duke to Sidmouth notifying the death of Deemster Crellin and proposing that Mr.Gawne be appointed in his place. |
| AP_126(4th)_21 |
5.5.1817
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Liverpool to Duke with reasons for delay in answering a letter. |
| AP_126(4th)_22 |
20.5.1818
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Sidmouth to Duke intimating the Royal assent to the execution of Robt. Kewley for sheepstealing. |
| AP_126(4th)_23 |
15.4.1823
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Sidmouth to Duke Draft of orders for the execution of Catherine Kinread and John Camaish for murder. With draft for the attendance of the Parochial Horse etc. |
| AP_126(4th)_24 |
22.10.1818
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Sidmouth to Duke Copies of correspondence between Lt.Gov.Smelt, Sec.of State and Treasury relative to the raising of Funds to cover the cost of apprehending and maintaining criminals,end of sending to England those sentenced to Transportation. |
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2.2.1819
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Sidmouth to Duke. enclosing draft of a Bill authorising the imposition of an additional duty on Spirits to provide funds required as above. |
| AP_126(4th)_26 |
14.10.1820
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Duke to Sidmouth. protesting against the action of Mr.Cunningham, (Deputy Att.Gen.) in bringing a charge of Perjury against Mr.McCrone,the Duke's Agent, who, when acquitted by a Jury,could not claim damages etc. the charge was made in the name of the Crown. Also protesting that Cunningham had called the Bishop,who was giving evidence, by an opprobious name and had told the Jury that statements made by him on oath were not to be believed. |
| AP_126(4th)_27 |
8.1.1822
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Sidmouth to Duke. respecting a Memorial sent to the Council. |
| AP_126(4th)_28 |
8.1.1822
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Sidmouth to Duke. refusing a request that the Lt.Gov., except in the absence of the Governor, should preside at Trials in place of the Gov. |
| AP_126(4th)_29 |
n.d.
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Duke to Sidmouth. (?) protesting at the non-residence in the I.O.M.of the Attorney-Gen. Mr. Clarke, |
| AP_126(4th)_30 |
3.10.1822
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Lt. Gov. Smelt to Peel. forwarding a Memorial from the Deemsters as to the Rank and Precedence to which they are entitled. |
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Remarks (? by the Duke N.M.) on the above. |
| AP_126(4th)_32 |
15.4.1813
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Duke to Sidmouth. submitting plans for the alteration and improvement of the Prison and various Public Offices in the I.O.M. and pointing out that the cost of this work should be met from Crown funds. With remarks on the provision of a residence for the Governor. |
| AP_126(4th)_33 |
20.4.1781
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Lt. Gov. Smelt to Lord Stormont re need for the Att.Gen. to be in the
Island. + 6.7.1787 Smith to Lord Sidney re his right to appoint an Acting Att.Gen. |
| AP_126(4th)_34 |
25.4.1797
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A Brief Narrative respecting the Revestment of the Isle of Man,delivered
to the Duke of Atholl.( This states, at some length, that the Revestment
Act was drawn without a full examination of the matters which it covered,
the Govt. being anxious to get it through quickly, and promising to settle
details in a later Act. The Duke becoming convinced on reflection,of the
injury which was inflicted on his family attempted to get the 'Explanatory
Bill' passed in 1766,but on failing to do so "retired with a desponding
mind into the Country endeavouring, but in vain,to discard all remembrance
of the Isle of Man. The 4th Duke,on succeeding in 1774, went to the Island
where he found upon enquiry hat owing to the dishonesty of his father's
principal agent in the Island the revenue returned to the Duke was less
then it should have been,and as the figure paid for the Island by the Crown
was based upon the revenue as officially shown the price allowed was obviously
too low. This being brought to the notice of the Crown they appointed a
Commission in 1791. In 1792 this Commission delivered a report in which
they not only agreed with the Duke's allegations about the revenue but also
declared that the Crown, in the haste, of the transfer, had been granted
more of the Duke's manorial rights than they should have been. Also,that since the Revestment the affairs of the Island had been badly mismanaged so that the revenue received from it was nothing like what it should have been,while at the same time the illicit practices - the suppression of which were the excuse for the Revestment - were still being carried on. In 1793 the King appointed the Duke to be Governor of the Island as a first step towards improving affairs in accordance with suggestions made by the Commission. The benefit of this was seen in 1798 when by an Act passed in that year the insular revenue was doubled,a proof that the figure on which the Island was sold was much too low. N.M.) |
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-.-.1813
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Duke to Sidmouuth c.1813 Draft of letter re the state of Castle Rushen (interesting details of various buildings N.M.) the Gaol, insanitary,insecure and lacking reasonable comfort; the Courtroom, Rolls Office snd Gov's residence inadequate and unsuitable;the Powder Magazine,so unsuitable that powder is dried by exposing it on the roof in the middleof a town whose inhabitants clean their chimneys by setting fire to them,and so damp that the packages in which it is contained are rotted; the House of Keys in a ruinous state etc. |
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-.-.1813
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Schedule of papers (sent to London ? N.M), with regard to the Attorney-General. |
| AP_126(4th)_37 |
25.5.1814
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Account of the Jeffcot/Oswald case with inquiries made by the Duke from the Admiralty. |
| AP_126(4th)_38 |
n.d.
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Duke to Sidmouth (Draft) re Jeffcot/Oswald case |
| AP_126(4th)_39 |
-.-.1812
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Representation to Lord Sidmouth about the non-residence of the Attorney-General. |
| AP_126(4th)_40 |
n.d.
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Memoranda of matters to be written about by the Duke to the Secretary of State. |
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