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| AP_50_1 |
6.7.1825
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R.C. Carrington to Duke. General Lt.Gov orders Mr. Roper to be struck
off the roll of Advocates, |
| AP_50_2 |
15.7.1825
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R.C. Carrington to Duke. General With a note of the Revenue for year ending 5.7.1825 |
| AP_50_3 |
18.7.1825
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R.C. Carrington to Duke. Mr. McCrone's A/cs have been examined and found in order, A plan of Castle Mona grounds is ready whenever wanted |
| AP_50_4 |
20.7.1825
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R.C. Carrington to Duke. General. |
| AP_50_5 |
3.8.1825
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R.C. Carrington to Duke. Trivial. |
| AP_50_6 |
21.9.1825
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R.C. Carrington to Duke. saying he has arrived in Douglas after a fine passage of 18 hours from Greenock. Mr.Robins hopes to finish his valuation very soon, |
| AP_50_7 |
27.9.1825
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R.C. Carrington to Duke. Has been unable to leave for Scotland, as intended,as the boat did not call at Douglas. |
| AP_50_8 |
14.6.1826
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R.C. Carrington to Duke. Mr.Pettman is working on his report. Mungo thinks that the billiard table from Castle Mona would bring but a poor price if sold in Douglas as it is too big for anyone here. He thinks it a much better one than the one at Blair, put if the Duke does not wish it sent there he suggests it might be sold in Liverpool. The glass had best be sold in the Island,where glass is now very expensive. |
| AP_50_9 |
19.6.1826
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R.C. Carrington to Duke. General. Mr.Roper has been restored on the roll of Advocates. |
| AP_50_10 |
21.6.1826
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R.C. Carrington to Duke. General. Messrs.Barrett and Brunton are getting on with their survey of the mines and quarries. |
| AP_50_11 |
23.6.1826
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R.C. Carrington to Duke. Reasons why the survey is being held up. |
| AP_50_12 |
26.6.1826
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R.C. Carrington to Duke. General. |
| AP_50_13 |
26.6.1826
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R.C. Carrington to Duke. Little money is to be expected from the Island as the collection of tithes is in arrears while the Riots and the Surveys etc. have caused an unusualy heavy expenditure. |
| AP_50_14 |
30.6.1826
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R.C. Carrington to Duke. General. Mr.Roper's gratitude for the help given him. |
| AP_50_15 |
12.12.1826
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J.McCrone to Carrington . Re payments made to Mr. Pettman and the furnished houses which both he and Mr.Vignolles had from the Duke. |
| AP_50_16 |
6.4.1827
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R.C. Carrington to Duke. Disclaiming responsibility for a letter in a local newspaper,which is being attributed to him,which is antagonistic to the Govt.'s surveyor Webster. |
| AP_50_17 |
11.4.1827
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J.McCrone to Carrington enclosing letter,as under, Wright the schoolmaster has left Port-e-Chee. |
| AP_50_18 |
7.4.1827
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M. Knott to McCrone re the formation of a Company to work the mines. |
| AP_50_19 |
18.4.1827
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McCrone to Carrington General. Col.Wilks is said by his friends to be hand-in-glove with Canning. |
| AP_50_20 |
17.5.1827
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W.Roper to Carrington asking him to express to the Duke his grave doubts on the wisdom of making a large loan to Mr.Knott - as he has been instructed to arrange. |
| AP_50_21 |
9.6.1827
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McCrone to Carrington The "Majestic" has been ashore in Glenluce Bay. Work in the mines is ceasing as Mr. Knott does not get on with Pettman,who is acting for the Duke. McCrone thinks that he could have managed things better than Pettman,and could still do so if they could meet. Observations on the need to survey the mountains,and who should do it. |
| AP_50_22 |
11.6.1827
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McCrone to Carrington. General. Tithes and Mines. |
| AP_50_23 |
20.6.1827
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McCrone to Carrington. regretting that he seems to have given the impression thet he has been interfering in matters which do not concern him by his interference in the mining negotiations. Anything he has done has been from his wish to forward the Duke's best interests. |
| AP_50_24 |
23.6.1827
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W.Roper to Carrington Trivial. |
| AP_50_25 |
6.8.1827
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R.C. Carrington to Duke.Trivial. |
| AP_50_26 |
6.8.1827
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R.C. Carrington to Duke. advising his arrival from Greenock after a fine passage of sixteen hours in the new steamer “William Huskisson" - a fine boat,larger than the "Majestic" - which landed him at Peel as it was blowing too fresh for her to make Douglas. General news. |
| AP_50_27 |
8.8.1827
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R.C. Carrington to Duke. General. Messrs Courtney and Harrison (? Arbitrators N.M.) are gone to inspect the Calf along with the Bishop and McCrone,. |
| AP_50_28 |
10.8.1827
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R.C. Carrington to Duke. The difficulty of valuing the mines. Referring to No.29 below. |
| AP_50_29 | Suggested terms for a loan of £5,000 by Duke to Mr.Knott for the developement of the mines. | |
| AP_50_30 |
13.8.1827
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R.C. Carrington to Duke. General. |
| AP_50_31 |
15.8.1827
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R.C. Carrington to Duke. General. |
| AP_50_32 |
17.8.1827
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R.C. Carrington to Duke. General. |
| AP_50_33 |
24.8.1827
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R.C. Carrington to Duke. Arrangements should be made as soon as possible to pay the £5,000 to Mr. Knott, who is anxious to have the money, Work on the mines is proceeding satisfactorily, A new Surveyor, Mr.Norman, has arrived and a copy of his instructions are enclosed. Five parishes are to be re-surveyed, now that the crops are well up, as a check on the estimated valuations made previously McCrone,though sufferings from lumbago, is working hard with the surveyors. |
| AP_50_34 | Instructions (copy) issued to Mr. Norman, surveyor,by Mr.Courtney. see AP_50_33. | |
| AP_50_35 |
28.8.1827
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Carrington to Duke with Copy of a letter from Mr. Courtney to McCrone (see below N.M.) The mails are now very irregular,the contract having been given to a new Company which carries cargo only and sails according to the tides, |
| AP_50_36 |
22.8.1827
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W. Courtenay to McCrone authorizing him to collect the Tithes,formerly paid to the Duke,on behalf of the Crown, This to include the disputed tithe on green crops,for which detailed instructions are given, (This is dated from "Marina Terrace" NM.) |
| AP_50_37 |
5.10.1827
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McCrone to Pettman (copy) informing him that there is now no longer any need for him to remain in the Island on the Duke's account. |
| AP_50_38 |
6.10.1827
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McCrone to Carrington. saying that he has sent Pettman about his business and "the sooner the Duke can get out of this man's hands the better". Mr.Vignolles,now surveying the warrens, is "a very superior man who is taking great pains to be accurate." He asks for instructions about letting parts of Port St.Mary and the estate of Ballacregga,of which the tenants are"Poor wretches depending on fishing." |
| AP_50_39 |
20.10.1827
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McCrone to Carrington. re the boundry stones to the Warrens in the North,said
to have been set up by Deemster Lace and Col.Small,and not in accordance
with the Duke's rights. ( A p.s. says " Please let John Taggart's grandson know that his brother the Tailor died last week." N.M. ) |
| AP_50_40 |
27.10.1827
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McCrone to Carrington. with his estimated A/cs for 1827. He finds it impossible to collect rents as "there is no money circulating in the Island...and the people are out of heart and in poverty" |
| AP_50_41 |
30.10.1827
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McCrone to Carrington. General. |
| AP_50_42 |
7.11.1827
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McCrone to Carrington. re a payment to Mr.Pettman,a letter from whom is enclosed. |
| AP_50_43 |
-.11.1827
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Pettman to McCrone requesting an advance to meet his debts before he leaves. |
| AP_50_44 |
8.11.1827
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McCrone to Carrington. requesting the Duke's approval of the titles to be put on Mr.Vignolle's maps. |
| AP_50_45 | Suggested titles for Mr.Vignolle's maps,as per AP_50_44. | |
| AP_50_46 |
5.12.1827
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McCrone to Carrington.The character of Mr.Vignolles. |
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