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Charles Lutwidge reports on deployment of revenue cutters and officers to Isle of Man ports
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15 June 1765
Official report from Charles Lutwidge to the Treasury (dated 15 June 1765, three days before the Revestment became effective) detailing his arrival at the Island with His Majesty's Cutter Cholmondeley and deployment of officers and boats to four ports. Lutwidge reports on fraudulent licensing of rum and brandy shipments claimed for African trade but actually intended for smuggling, and recommends stricter controls on future export licences. Highly significant as evidence of immediate post-Revestment revenue enforcement and the smuggling problem the Crown inherited.
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