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Letter from John Quayle to Mr Harrison on revenue collection and cruiser depredations

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30 June 1750

Administrative letter from John Quayle (Receiver or revenue official) to Mr Harrison regarding money remittances to the Duke of Atholl, accounting procedures, and extensive complaints about English revenue cruisers committing robbery and depredations within Manx ports and territorial waters. Provides detailed examples of incidents at Douglas and Ramsey, and warns of merchant exodus if such activities continue.

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