Sources

Account of seizures of prohibited goods from Isle of Man into Scotland, 1760–1765

Source
17 January 1765

Official Customhouse account listing the annual value of seized goods imported illegally from the Isle of Man into Scotland over five years preceding the Revestment (1760–1765). Records £36,741 in total seizures, with detailed breakdown by year and supplementary note on tobacco products destroyed. Directly demonstrates the scale and nature of smuggling trade that prompted Parliamentary interest in acquiring sovereignty.

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