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Aust to Lt Governor Dawson: clarification on Duke of Atholl's authority and visit

Source
8 July 1788

Official correspondence from the Home Office (8 July 1788) clarifying that the Duke of Atholl was NOT to be invested with authority or control over the Isle of Man, despite stronger wording in a Treasury letter. Includes Lord Sydney's formal letter authorizing the Duke's summer visit and George Steuart's survey of Crown properties. Demonstrates tensions between the Duke's claims and actual post-Revestment government policy.

Administrative Correspondence

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