Calendar list of papers in HO 98/64 - 1791-1793

Page Author Recipient Date Topic Notes
1 Dawson Grenville 17910102 arrival of Shaw to replace him
2 Shaw Grenville 17910105 [From Douglas]arrived 30th Dec after a bad voyage, Dawson to leave tomorrow  
3 Shaw Grenville 17910122 [from Castle Rushen]inc petition from Bishop + clergy  
4 Bishop + clergy King 17910119 petition to re-instate Bishop + 2 vicars genl to Council  
5 Atholl Grenville 17910212 wants to be appointed Governor with such salary as King may think adequate  
6 Shaw Grenville 17910226 refers to a letter from Smith re letter book etc  
7 Shaw Grenville 17910326 ack of official notice re Quarantine (dated 5 March)
8 Shaw Grenville 17910418 acts against forestalling etc, appt of more notaries
9 Shaw Dundas 17910616 ack of official notice re appt of Dundas as principle sec of state in home dept
10 Shaw Dundas 17910616 abuse of priviledge eg appeals to King are to delay justice
11 Shaw 17910616 possible wording for appeals to King enc
12 Shaw Dundas 17910701 v long review of state
13 Shaw Nepean 17910701 v long inc discussion re Duke
14 Atholl Dundas 17910707 allegations ; restrictions on trade etc
15 Dundas Atholl 17910716 to set up an enquiry
16 Dundas Shaw to set up an enquiry
17 Dundas Atholl 17910908 names commissioners on enquiry
18 Dundas commissioners 17910908 appoints commissioners and directs them to go to Island
19 Dundas Atty Genl + deemsters 17910908 re commission of enquiry
20 Dundas Deemsters 17910908 re commission of enquiry
21 Shaw Dundas 17910916 re commission of enquiry
22 Busk Dundas 17910916 acks receipt of letter re enquiry
23 Moore Dundas 17910916 acks receipt of letter re enquiry
24 Shaw Dundas 17910920 summoned legislature - Busk + Quayle (CR) objected to presence of Bishop + Vicars General.
25 Quayle Shaw 17910920 copy of protest re Bishop + VGs being part of council enc
26 Shaw Dundas 17910926 re commission
27 Shaw 17910926 Address to council + keys enc
28 council Shaw 17910923 Address enc
29 Keys Shaw 17910922 Address enc
30 Shaw Keys 17910922 reply enc
31 Dundas Shaw 17911005 enquiry to determine status of Bishop + VGs
32 Shaw Dundas 17911015 reports on progress of enquiry
33 Shaw Nepean 17911014 private report - Atholl has substantiated enough several allegations - helped by Mr Christian Curwen MP+MHK - salary insufficient
34 Shaw Dundas 17911023 departure of commissioners somewhat sooner than expected as winds favourable - Keys not willing to understand - concern over behaviour of Atty Genl
35 Shaw Dundas 17911028 need for a 2nd Deemster, state of public buildings is deplorable- money is lacking to finish Castle chapel - neither Governor or Officers have seat in church - rushed finish tho commission open to receive additional info
36 Shaw Dundas 17911029 reminder of Keys petition of Sept 1787 re need for 2nd Deemster - also Moore is old + health worsening - recommends John Lace but subject to violence of temper
37 Peace Dundas 17911103 commissioners arrive back in London  
38 Shaw Dundas 17911107 criticism of Keys + clerk of rolls
39 Shaw Dundas 17911122 re 1788 case of salvaged casks of sprits but leads to consideration of commission of water bailiff acting in judical capacity
40 Shaw Dundas 17911213 Keys - expenses of agent in London etv
41 Dundas Shaw 17911229 reply to shaw's letter of 17911213
42 Dundas Shaw 17911229 reply to shaw's letter of 17911122 - sent onto commissioners
43 Dundas Commissioners 17911229 see above
44 Atholl Dundas 17920105 still wants revenue several enclosures
45 Atholl Pearce 17911110 copy of letter sent pre inquiry enc in above
46 Pearce Atholl 17911118 copy of reply to above enc in above
47 Atholl Commissioners 17920103 requests for copies of evidence enc in above
48 Pearce Atholl 17920103 reply to above enc in above
49 Dundas Commissioners 17920107 sending on Atholl's letter of 17920105
50 Shaw Dundas 17920119 acks circular re fortifications etc
51 Shaw Dundas 17920207 acks copy of King's speech
52 Dundas Shaw 17920316 re letter of 17911122 AG wanted more info [but the initial AG's report is not included]  
53 Shaw Dundas 17920402 reply to 17920316
54 Atholl Dundas 17920430 re Boons + services
55 Atholl Dundas 17920510 observations on commissioners' report (43 sides of foolscap) + 6sides Additional observations on Busk + Quayle
56 Shaw Dundas 17920623 report on state of Island - lack of communication with officers etc criticism of Quayle
57 Council 17920619 council report (copy) enc]
58 Thos Quayle Commissioners 17920623 request by Keys for copy of Rpt
59 Shaw Dundas 17920629 report - wants a Tynwald on 5th July at St Johns but council want it at Castle Rushen
60 Council 17920619 council report (copy) [some differences from the earlier copy of same meeting]  
61 Shaw Dundas 17920705 enc loyal addresses [missing]  
62 Shaw Dundas 17920706 resignation of water bailiff
63 Shaw Dundas 17920706 report on Tynwald etc
64 Shaw Dundas 17920710 encloses forms of water bailiff's commissions
65 lib Irr 17020517 Water Bailiff commission [enc]
66 lib Irr 17270315 Water Bailiff commission [enc]
67 Dundas Atholl 17920922 re Report (official letter)
68 Dundas Atholl 17920927 more considered comments
69 Dundas Shaw 17921004 steps taken in consequence of report but postpone appointments recommended
70 Atholl Dundas 17921021 reply to 17920927
71 Shaw Dundas 17921027 reply to 17921004
72 Shaw Nepean 17921109 comments on Busk [?date as lost in binding]  
73 Shaw Dundas 17921126 still not received the promised extracts noted in 17921004 re Duke
74 Shaw Dundas 17921126 re designs of Duke
75 Shaw Young 17921219 reply to letter informing that troops of 53rd reg to be withdrawn [letter from Sir George Young not in HO file]  
76 Shaw Dundas 17921220 re loss of troops - some need to enforce court orders etc + comment on vile state of prison
77 Shaw Dundas 17921231 re loss of troops + effect of 'vile' publications
78 Shaw Dundas? 17930105 re Tynwald court meeting
79 Shaw 17930102 speech of Lt Govr to Tywald court 2 Jan 1793 [enc]
80 W B Tennison Shaw 17930103 Independent Constitutional Society [enc]
81 Shaw Dundas 17930105 re possible scarcity of grain
82 Keys Shaw 179301 Address of Keys [enc]
83 Atholl Dundas 17930112 re Fencibles [there is a note of a letter to Ld Advocate inc copy of letter from Mr Drummon "a warning to the People"  
84 Shaw Dundas 17930122 acking rcpt of extracts mentioned in 17921004
85 Shaw Nepean 17930122 re disputes with Duke
86 Shaw Dundas 17930124 Northern Irish buying gunpowder
87 Shaw Dundas 17930124 re funding etc of government
88 Dundas Shaw 17930204 Duke appt Governor in room of Smith; Lace appt deemster, Robt Heywood water bailiff
89 Dundas Shaw 17930204 re Dukes allegation etc, boons + services relinquished by Duke; report to be printed
90 Atholl Dundas 17930209 fencibles
91 Atholl 17930209 proposal re invalid companies [enc]
92 War office Atholl 17930214 permission to raise 2 companies
93 Atholl Dundas 17930214 suggestion of stationing warships in Island
94 Atholl Dundas 17930215 re letter from War Office
95 Atholl Dundas 17930216 re fencibles  
96 Atholl Dundas 17930217 removal of embargo re trade to Island
97 Wm Leece Atholl 17930213 request to lift embargo re trade to Island
98 Atholl Dundas 17930218 re fencibles
99 Shaw Dundas 17930218 acks recpt of 17930204
100 Shaw Dundas 17930218 re appt of Duke as Govr
101 Shaw Dundas 17930218 acks delayed recpt of prohibition of trade with France
102 Shaw Dundas 17930218 names of possible officers in Fencibles
103 Shaw Dundas 17930214 re lack of guns etc
104 Atholl Nepean 17930223 non IoM related
105 Atholl Dundas 17930308 arrival in IoM
106 Atholl Dundas 17930308 re state of public building
107 Atholl Dundas 17930308 re guns
108 Atholl Dundas 17930311 complaint re post
109 Atholl Dundas 17930316 meeting with Keys
110 Council King 17930312 address of Legislative Council [enc ]
111 Keys King 17930313 address of Keys
112 Atholl Dundas 17930319 re state of defences
113 Dundas Atholl 17930327 need estimates; criticism of Busk in not attending meeting
114 Atholl Dundas 17930331 will leave on 12th Apr
115 Atholl Dundas 17930425 returned to London; poor state of police - petty larceny common + unpunished; bill for Gov buildings? £12,000
116 Busk Dundas 17930425 ?wants to resign ill health
117 Busk Dundas 17930425 memorial
118 Busk Dundas 17930425 sketch of proposed act 'for the temporary relief of the inhabitants'
119 Atholl Treasury report on proposed act 17930425 (extract from letter from Atholl)
120 Loughborough Dundas 17930429 comment on request of Busk to retire
121 Atholl 17930530 request that crown officers report on acts
122 Atholl Nepean 17930603 memo re retirement of Shaw in favour of Small
123 Atholl Dundas? 17930618 wants treasury to report on a proper revenue establishment
124 Dundas Atholl 17930624 sends copy of law officers' rpt on game act
125 Atholl Dundas 17930701 long diatribe re jumbling of 'Lord of Mann' and that of Manorial Lord
126 Shaw Dundas 17930622 need for ball cartridges etc for fencibles
127 Shaw Nepean 17930627 criticism of Duke
128 Shaw Dundas 17930628 re approval of acts re regulating juries
129 Atholl Dundas 17930701 from Edinburgh - not Iom related
130 Atholl Dundas 17930712 [from IoM]
131 Shaw Dundas? 17930706
132 Shaw Dundas 17930726 re Atholl's depture after 3wks + poor state of guns etc
133 Atholl Dundas 17930811 re promulgation of acts - potted history of his attempts to regain rights
134 Shaw Dundas 17930910 appt James Kelly as acting AG in absence of Busk
135 Shaw Dundas 17931024 still waiting on Board of Ordnance
136 Atholl Dundas 17931031 re Irish annuity
137 Atholl Dundas 17931031 re stoppage of Irish annuity
138 Shaw Dundas 17931125 ack of official notice re Quarantine
139 Shaw Nepean 17931209 Private re son Lt Shaw of 39th Regt
140 Shaw Dundas 17931230 reports group of strangers 'italians' arriving from Liverpool and travelling to Peel for a boat to Ireland - but seem they had come for a brief stay en route to Scotland

Notes

This is the second file in the HO 98 series dealing with the IoM - a thick bound volume, which can cause some text to be lost in the binding. The pages are unnumbered - the page number here is the position of the document in the bound volume. Some documents are enclosed with others - usually noted as [enc].

It is intended more as a finding aid than as full abstracts of each paper.

The dates are ISO standard format year month day;
the key persons are:
Dundas - Secretary of State at Home Office for the northern district
Evan Nepean - under Secretary of State
Alexander Shaw - appointed Lt Governor to replace Dawson who retired on grounds of ill health
Edward Smith - appointed Governor in 1777, retired in 1792.
Wadsworth Busk - appointed Attorney-General of Island in 1774; retires in 1794
Duke of Atholl - 4th Duke,appointed Governor-in-Chief in 1793 to replace Governor Smith who retired
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