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Letter to Duke of Atholl on post-Revestment events, tea duties, and smuggling

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24 July 1765

Letter from Castletown officials (Dan Mylrea and John Quayle) to the Duke of Atholl dated 24 July 1765, reporting on conditions following the Revestment. Discusses the reinstatement of Mr. Quayle as Clerk of the Rolls, outstanding tea duties owed by merchants, and widespread smuggling operations in harbours around the Isle, including details of clandestine landing methods using cutters and night landings at remote creeks.

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