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Case concerning the naturalization of papists in the Isle of Man, 1758

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18 March 1758

A legal opinion from Castle Rushen addressed to the Duke of Atholl concerning the naturalization of four Roman Catholic merchants (Thomas Arthur, John Folie, Hugh Connor, Francis Dean) in the Isle of Man. The opinion argues that secular privileges of native-born inhabitants should be extended to long-resident foreign merchants regardless of religious persuasion, emphasizing the Isle's religious stability and the distinction between religious and commercial rights under Manx law.

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