A calendar/finding aid listing 87 documents from Home Office archive HO 98/74, spanning 1826 (with some earlier references). The papers document administrative and political affairs on the Isle of Man during the final years before the Revestment, including tithe disputes with Bishop Murray, legal proceedings, questions of attorney regulation, arson investigations, and negotiations regarding the Duke of Atholl's property and rights. Key figures include Lieutenant Governor Cornelius Smelt, Attorney General James Clarke, Home Secretary Henry Hobhouse, and Robert Peel.