Official report from Governor Basil Cochrane to the Duke of Atholl covering Island governance, coinage matters, smuggling concerns, naturalization disputes, ecclesiastical appointments, and legal appeals. Provides insight into early 18th-century Manx administration, tensions between merchant families (Moores), and the Governor's authority under the Duke's proprietorship.

Report from Governor Basil Cochrane to the Duke of Atholl detailing administrative matters on the Isle of Man, including audit completion, fortification work at Ramsey, clergy financial dealings, herring fishery prospects, and personnel changes at Peel. Provides insight into governance, revenue management, and infrastructure development before the 1765 Revestment.

Letter from Governor Basil Cochrane to the Duke of Atholl reporting on monetary transfers, merchant shipping between Gothenburg and the Isle of Man, and trading activity with Liverpool. References Captain Lace's commercial intentions and Cochrane's proposed travel to Scotland. Provides insight into early-1760s Manx governance, commerce, and the Duke's direct oversight.

A letter from Governor Basil Cochrane to the Duke of Atholl reporting on monetary transfers, shipping activities, and trade between Liverpool and the Isle of Man. Discusses the arrival of ships from Gothenburg and mentions an honest trader (Captain Lace) willing to continue commerce with the island. Cochrane requests permission to travel to Scotland in May.

Governor Basil Cochrane reports to the Duke of Atholl on the resolution of disputes involving John Clarke and his wife, Major Christian's death, and a warren matter. The letter discusses a petition forwarded by Mr Stevenson to London and criticises Stevenson's influence on Clarke's complaints. This provides administrative insight into Isle of Man governance and local disputes during Atholl's proprietorship, pre-dating the Revestment by 13 years.

Governor Basil Cochrane reports to the Duke of Atholl on a dispute involving John Clarke, Major Christian, and a Mr. Stevenson regarding a warren matter. The letter indicates Clarke has been discharged and Cochrane is providing documentation and a response to a petition, noting Stevenson's encouragement of Clarke's complaints and his controversial reputation locally.

Letter from Governor Basil Cochrane to the Duke of Atholl reporting on disputes with merchant George Moore over land encroachment in Douglas, cargo discharge procedures at Peel, and customs enforcement. Discusses brandy cargoes, harbour capacity, officer conduct, and the need for Keys' consent on harbour improvements. Provides insight into governance, revenue protection, and merchant relations on the Isle of Man in the pre-Revestment period.

Report from Governor Basil Cochrane to the Duke of Atholl (5 May 1758) detailing proposed improvements to Douglas Harbour including a bridge, and requests for timber and cannon for rebuilding the forts at Douglas and Ramsey. Reflects pre-Revestment administrative governance and military infrastructure priorities on the Isle of Man.

Governor Basil Cochrane reports to the Duke of Atholl on the state of Douglas Harbour, including harbour improvements and planned defence work. The letter discusses a proposed bridge over the Douglas River, the need for merchant storage facilities, and plans to rebuild the forts at Douglas and Ramsey. Cochrane addresses challenges in sourcing timber and cannon, with reference to the Tower of London and ordnance officials.

A letter from Governor Basil Cochrane to the Duke of Atholl reporting on financial remittances to Liverpool, the backlog of appeals pending the Duke's decision, and recommending reform of the appeal process by establishing commissioners on the Isle of Man to hear minor cases locally rather than sending all appeals to London.

Governor Basil Cochrane reports to the Duke of Atholl on revenue collection (£1500 remitted via Captain Lace), merchant credit arrangements, and personnel matters including the replacement of Captain Murray due to alcoholism. The report demonstrates the administrative challenges of governing the Isle of Man and managing revenue extraction during the pre-Revestment period.

Report from Governor Basil Cochrane to the Duke of Atholl addressing delayed revenue remittances due to naval enforcement activities (tenders and cutters), poor weather, and merchant hardship. Discusses outstanding debts, expected payments, and personal financial matters including funds from the late Mr Mylrea's estate and payments to Colonel (now Sir) John Stuart.

Report from Governor Basil Cochrane to the Duke of Atholl covering administrative matters including remittances to Liverpool (£525), disputes over land claims by Irish gentlemen, ecclesiastical affairs involving the Bishop and tithes, and naturalisation questions. Provides insight into governance, commercial operations, and religious policy on the Isle of Man mid-18th century.

Report from Governor Basil Cochrane to the Duke of Atholl detailing financial transactions, the arrival of ships with rum, a legal dispute over debt priority between native Manx and foreign merchants, and recommendations for naturalizing foreign traders to encourage commerce. The letter illustrates tensions between native and foreign commercial interests on the island and the Duke's prerogative powers.

Report from Governor Basil Cochrane to the Duke of Atholl concerning the audit, clergy salary recoveries (£2658:93.75), and a legal challenge to the herring fishing trade to the West Indies. Cochrane disputes an old Restoration-era Act of Parliament that may prohibit direct export of herrings to the colonies, arguing Manx produce should be freely tradeable to any British plantation.

Report from Governor Basil Cochrane to the Duke of Atholl regarding the sale of tithes in the Isle of Man parishes, management of church property, and administrative disputes. Cochrane reports on negotiations with Lord Derby, his strategy for beginning with Santon parish, and an incident of insult in the Court of Chancery. Directly relevant to understanding pre-Revestment governance and revenue management under Atholl proprietorship.

Report #3 from Governor Basil Cochrane to the Duke of Atholl covering Island administration, shipping losses, French privateering threat (Monsieur Thurot), legal proceedings involving Mr Stevenson and Mr Hammersley, smuggling/contraband tea operations, and emerging claret trade from Bordeaux. Provides insight into revenue collection, trade enforcement challenges, and governance difficulties on the Isle of Man in 1760.

Report from Governor Basil Cochrane to the Duke of Atholl on revenue collection (£1500 remitted), merchant payment timescales, and administrative personnel issues. Discusses the removal of Captain Murray due to chronic alcoholism and proposes Hutcheson as successor. Demonstrates operational governance and financial management of the Isle of Man under ducal sovereignty pre-Revestment.

Report from Governor Basil Cochrane to the Duke of Atholl on Isle of Man affairs, including merchant morale regarding the Island's not being disposed of, trade recovery, remittance arrangements with Liverpool merchants, proposed administrative reorganisations (Receiver General and Water Bailiff positions), and discussion of coinage design with ducal imagery.

Report from Governor Basil Cochrane to the Duke of Atholl covering administrative matters including remittance of funds (£525), pursuit of escaped vessels from an Irish port, tithe collection plans, and ecclesiastical patronage matters for Manx parishes. Provides insight into daily governance of the Isle of Man under Atholl's sovereignty prior to the 1765 Revestment.

Report from Governor Basil Cochrane to the Duke of Atholl covering administrative matters including coin production, revenue transfers, harbour surveys, naturalization disputes, and ecclesiastical appointments. Provides insight into governance challenges, smuggling concerns, and the relationship between the Governor and key Manx figures before the 1765 Revestment.

Report from Governor Basil Cochrane to the Duke of Atholl covering administrative and commercial matters on the Isle of Man, including a shipwreck near Douglas, smuggling-related tea shipments, French privateering activity (Thurot), revenue remittances, and emerging trade routes (claret from Bordeaux). Relevant to understanding pre-Revestment governance, smuggling operations, and revenue concerns.

Edward Smith, Governor in Chief of the Isle of Man, who held the government from London and spent much of it complaining about the Treasury's customs officer. He was Governor in Chief, and he lived in London and came over only occasionally, so the resident authority was his Lieutenant-Governor's. Under the arrangement by which the two of them were appointed, one had to be on the Island, and when Smith asked Lord North for a period of absence in October 1783 North told him he must relieve Dawson first. In the same letter he asked for a chapel in Castle Rushen for the use of the troops barracked there, and for a royal portrait. He was already showing signs of the illness that brought his resignation, and the Duke of Atholl was appointed Governor in Chief on that resignation in 1793. Charles Lutwidge was his standing grievance. Lutwidge had been put in by the Lords of the Treasury to enforce the anti-smuggling laws that came with the Revestment, and he had almost unchecked influence at the Treasury for years afterwards. Smith wrote in 1774 that he found the actions of the late Receiver General illegal and arbitrary every day. In the 1780s he was pressing that Lutwidge was dishonest and that his accounts should be audited, and in one letter he called Lutwidge's impunity a curse to the Isle of Man. He kept the Governor's house for himself. Long afterwards the Duke of Atholl asserted that Governor Smith had always taken possession of the house on his arrival, and that Lieutenant-Governor Shaw had given it up to him in like manner.

Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Man from 1863 to 1882. The Manx Society listed him as its President while he held the office. His long tenure covers the period in which the Island's modern institutions took their shape, and Manx writers use his name as the marker for the years in question. One episode belongs to him particularly. An earlier proposal to absorb the Manx diocese had been beaten off when the Manx clergy and the Manx bar roused themselves against it and the government of the day gave way. Years afterwards, in Loch's time, the project was revived, the government then proposing to unite the see of Sodor and Man with the new diocese of Liverpool, and to sweeten the change by applying a large part of the see's revenues to improving the incomes of the parochial clergy. He went on to govern elsewhere. He was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria on 10 April 1884 and arrived at Melbourne with Lady Loch and his family on 15 July, where deputations representing the Manx residents presented addresses of welcome. He wrote from Melbourne wishing The Manx Note Book success.

Letter from Governor John Wood to the Treasury (dated 27 June 1770, read 5 July 1770) objecting to the Customs Office in London directing Revenue Officers on the Isle of Man to issue orders to civil and military officers without the Governor's knowledge or consent. The letter was prompted by a duplicate notice regarding precautions against plague vessels. It illustrates tensions between Treasury/Revenue authority and gubernatorial sovereignty on the Island.