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Petition for payment of harbour improvement loans by Taubman and Stevenson

Source

A petition to the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury by John Taubman and John Stevenson requesting payment of loans totalling £754 5s 6½d made to the Isle of Man harbour supervisors in 1763-1764. The petitioners claim the funds were expended on harbour improvements and repairs, and seek recovery of principal and accrued interest from harbour revenues.

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Notes

  • Document appears incomplete; text cuts off mid-sentence ('chargeable upon the Revenue and'). Some abbreviated words and 18th-century spelling variations present (e.g. 'Commifsioners', 'Meſs^rs', 'ifsued', 'necefsary').

Language

  • English