Atholl Papers Bundle AP_31

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AP_31_1 22.8.1766 Copy of a Grant (amongst the Records of the Rolls office of the High Court of Chancery in Ireland) by which King George III grants to the Duke and Duchess of Atholl an annuity of £2,000 payable to the last survivor,first payment to be made on I7th May 1765, from the revenues of Ireland. Copy dated 10.1.1824.
AP_31_2 10.7.1765 Copy of the Royal Warrant for the above Letters Patent to be prepared.
AP_31_3 1.6.1765 Copy of the King's letter to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ordering payment of the above annuity.
AP_31_4
Copy of Letters of Attorney from the Duke and Duchess of Atholl to the Archdeacon and the Vicar-General (Robt. Radcliffe) authorising them to deliver the Island to King George III or his representative,
AP_31_5 20.6.1765 Letter from Lord Sandwich to the Duke of Atholl requesting him to sign a Power of Attorney to some person to deliver Seisin of the Island. With a P.S, that the matter is urgent.
AP_31_6 7.3.1765 Copy of Contract between the Duke of Atholl and the Lords of the Treasury for the sale of the Island for £70,000. With a schedule attached showing the revenue from the Island for the years 1754 to 1763.
AP_31_7
Copy of AP_31_6
AP_31_8
Copy of AP_31_6
AP_31_9   "The Duke of Athol,perceiving the inclinations of the Publick for annexing the Isle of Man to the Realm of Great Britain,submits to their pleasure .....and accepts the invitation to make proposals. He therefor submits a State of the insular Revenue(attached,with comments) for 1754 to 1763."
AP_31_10 27.2.1765 Letter (incomplete) from Duke of Atholl to the Lords of the Treasury (This apparently enclosed the above document. N.M.)
AP_31_11
Extracts from sundry letters written by the Duke of Atholl to Lord Mansfield and others during 1764 and 1765 with relative papers and remarks. (18 sheets,tied together)
"These tend to show that he made the sale with great reluctance and only when he was compelled to do so."
AP_31_12
three loose sheets additional [to AP_31_11].


 

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