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| AP_108_1 |
11.1.1815
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W.Adam to Duke soliciting for a supporter the post of Ordnance Storekeeper in the I.O.M. |
| AP_108_2 |
25.1.1815
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Holmes & Co. to Duke requesting his help to get struck from a Bill being put before Parliament for the regulation of the Herring Trade a Clause which they consider detrimental to Manx interests. |
| AP_108_3 |
23.1.1815
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Holmes & Co. to Fisheries Office - letter enclosed with the above - the trouble was in respect of the shipment to the W.Indies of herrings(cured) in bulk. |
| AP_108_4 |
3.2.1815
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Holmes & Co. to Duke further to the above. |
| AP_108_5 |
6.2.1815
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Capt.Holloway R.E. to Duke saying that rather than build a powder magazine in the Ditch of Castle Rushen,as had been proposed,he was suggesting that it should be built on the Douglas road about 2 mile from Castletown. The alterations to the Castle Keep,required for the accommodation of prisoners are going on well. |
| AP_108_6 |
10.2.1815
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T.Brine to Duke giving reasons against having the magazine anywhere else but in the Castle and saying that the suggestion to build it outside the town was made by the Lt.Gov. solely to annoy the Duke by changing his plans. With regard to the alterations in the Keep the plans approved by the Duke are being carried out except that "the upper room of the entrance of the Castle" is beingconverted into a Chapel "for no other purpose than to compel the Rev. Mr. Brown to do duty there." |
| AP_108_7 |
10.2.1815
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Rev.W.Mitford to Duke re his debts and troubles. |
| AP_108_8 |
15.2.1815
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Commissioners for Northern Lights to Duke asking his opinion on the erection of Lighthouses at both ends of the Island. |
| AP_108_9 |
16.2.1815
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R. Murray to Duke announcing his appointment as Ordnance Storekeeper,thanks to the Duke. |
| AP_108_10 |
17.2.1815
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Rev.J.Brown to Mr.Scott re alterations at Castle Rushen and a plot to spend so much on the Castle that nothing will be left for a Govt.House. |
| AP_108_11 |
27.2.1815
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Capt.J.Wilks to Scott (?) repeating the allegation that the funds allocated for a Govt House are being spent on other work. Speaks of a quarrel between Capt.Holloway and Mr.Byyne (Brine) |
| AP_108_12 |
20.3.1815
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Ld. ? to Duke Trivial. |
| AP_108_13 |
20.5.1815
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T.Brine to Duke Advising that he has been ordered by Capt. Holloway to make plans for alterations at Castle Rushen which were not in accordance with those approved of by the Duke |
| AP_108_14 |
24.5.1815
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T.Brine to Barracks Office stating that the works at Castle Rushen will not be completed until Nov. |
| AP_108_15 |
26.5.1815
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T.Brine to Duke saying that Capt. Holloway is trying to reduce the estimates so as to make them acceptable to Government. |
| AP_108_16 |
20.1.1815
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Mrs.Hoskins to Duke asking for appointments for her two sons. |
| AP_108_17 |
29.9.1815
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James Wilkes to Duke There is reason to think that the alterations at C.Rushen are about to be started, but that the Keys,Deemsters, Clerk of Rolls etc - to whom they are intended to give accommodation - are extremely averse to them, |
| AP_108_18 |
11.9.1815
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B.Cole to Duke acting(?) for a recommendation as an Innkeeper on his going to Gibraltar. |
| AP_108_19 |
16.9.1815
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S.Thomson to Duke asking for his patronage for his son Lt.R.Heywood Thomson R.N. |
| AP_108_20 |
3.11.1815
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? & Cockburn (Wine Merchants) to Duke with a letter as below. |
| AP_108_21 | R.J.Cockburn of Leith to Baron requesting help to get his Ports [wines] into the Island. | |
| AP_108_22 |
15.11.1815
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R. Dundas(Ld. Chief Baron) to Duke recommending the firm of Robt. & John Cockburn of Leith and Oporto. |
| AP_108_23 |
21.11.1815
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Mrs.Hoskins to Duke soliciting the Duke's help in getting promotion for her son,an Army surgeon. |
| AP_108_24 |
22.1.1816
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Mr.Johnson to Duke offering himself as Attorney-Gen. |
| AP_108_25 |
12.3.1816
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Resolution passed at a meeting of The Society for upholding the Rights of the People. That the Sec. of State and others be memoralised with regard to the inadequacy of the Lighting of the Douglas Quays. |
| AP_108_26 |
8.4.1816
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T.Gawne to W.Scott(Rec.Gen.) enclosing a Memorial,as under. |
| AP_108_27 |
9.3.1816
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Memorial from the Soc.for Upholding the Rights of the People to Ld.Sidmouth re the Quay Lighting,and alleging that the Harbour Commissioners were unsuitable persons to hold that office. |
| AP_108_28 |
11.4.1816
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K.Stowell to Lt.Gov. requesting that an enquiry be held into the above complaint |
| AP_108_29 |
9.4.1816
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W.Scott to T. Gawne advising that he has called a meeting of the Harbour Commissioners to discuss the matter. |
| AP_108_30 |
13.4.1816
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W.Scott to T. Gawne saying that the Commissioners refute the charges and ascribe the whole affair to the mischief and scandal mongering of K.Stowell, there being in fact no Society such as he claims to represent. (Incidentally it gives the dates of the first lamps on the Quay as being 1776 when they were placed at the ends of certain streets N.M.). |
| AP_108_31 |
13.4.1816
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Minutes of the Commissioners Meeting which considered the above charges. |
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