Atholl Papers Bundle AP_46(3rd)

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Date
Brief Description
AP_46(3rd)_1
31.1.1826
R.Steuart to Duke. refers to the difficulty of supplying various statements called for in regard to the Revenue.
AP_46(3rd)_2
7.2.1826
Bishop to Duke. showing the Lt.Gov.'s feelings regard to tithes.
AP_46(3rd)_3
7.2.1826
R.Steuart to Duke. Trivial
AP_46(3rd)_4
10.2.1826
Mr. Peel to Bishop. The King has given orders that Mr.Gawne's Yeomanry be disbanded,as a force which had so misconducted itself could not be retained in H.M.'s service. (Copy )
AP_46(3rd)_5
14.2.1826
R.Steuart to Duke. no mail has been received since the 6th, and the boat with that posted on the 7th is still in Peel harbour. So the writer is making use of a pilot boat.
AP_46(3rd)_6
15.2.1826
Bishop to Duke. expresses his great dissatisfaction with the redress offered by Mr.Peel.
AP_46(3rd)_7
16.2.1826
Bishop to Lt. Gov.'s Sec (Copy) asking that the Lt.Gov. tell the Keys that he will willingly give his consent to any scheme for the commutation of Tithes which may meet with the King's approval and be just to the claims of the Church.
AP_46(3rd)_8
25.2.1826
R.Steuart to Duke. Trivial
AP_46(3rd)_9
6.3.1826
Bishop to Duke. He trusts that the report to be made by Petman will "exonerate me from all the scandalous charges of oppression,extortion etc.which my enemies have circulated against me." He regards the proposals of the Keys regarding the tithes to be a trick.
AP_46(3rd)_10
14.4.1826
Bishop to Duke. "Every attempt to bring the offenders to justice for the proceedings in November has utterly failed. It could not well have been otherwise when Judges,Jury and advocates have all been on one side."
AP_46(3rd)_11
15.4.1826
Extract from the Rising Sun. (This refers to a house of ill fame in London which is about to be pulled down. There is no correspondence about the extract,and there is no obvious reason for it. It may be that some allusion,obvious at the time,was made connecting it with the Duke's London residence. N.M.)
AP_46(3rd)_12
20.4.1826
R.Steuart to Duke. General.
AP_46(3rd)_13
1.5.1826
Bishop to Duke. re the relations between McCrone and Webster,the Surveyor.
AP_46(3rd)_14
22.5.1826
Bishop to Duke. He doubts Webster's capability for his task,but he appears to be disposed to do it fairly.
AP_46(3rd)_15
23.5.1826
R.Steuart to Duke. General. - Mr.Webster's apparent failings as a valuer. 'The steam boats now ply daily."
AP_46(3rd)_16
26.5.1826
Bishop to Duke. re changes in the valuation of the Revenue.
AP_46(3rd)_17
30.5.1826
Bishop to Duke. comparing the methods of Webster and Pettyman.
AP_46(3rd)_18
9.6.1826
Bishop to Duke. not connected with Manx affairs.
AP_46(3rd)_19
12.7.1826
R.Steuart to Duke. with two enclosures as below.
AP_46(3rd)_20
-.6.1826
Revenue for June Qr. 1826.
AP_46(3rd)_21
-.5.1826
Report on the Weather for May & June [1826]
AP_46(3rd)_22
30.7.1826
R.Steuart to Duke. re Customs appointments.
AP_46(3rd)_23
11.9.1826
R.Steuart to Duke. General.
AP_46(3rd)_24
20.9.1826
R.Steuart to Duke. with a duplicate statement of the Revenue for June Qr.
AP_46(3rd)_25
30.9.1826
R.Steuart to Duke. Mungo Murray is thinking of giving up his post as Comptroller of Customs. He suggests that Mr.McGuffog should replace him.
AP_46(3rd)_26
-.11.1826
Bishop to Duke. As the Archdeacon is dead he proposes a scheme to increase the value of the living when the Govt.comes to buy it.
AP_46(3rd)_27
5.11.1826
Bishop to Duke. an accident to his youngest child,which he describes,will delay his departure.
AP_46(3rd)_28
8.11.1826
Bishop to Duke. re the rents and tithes of Kentraugh.
AP_46(3rd)_29
14.11.1826
R.Steuart to Mungo Murray re the manner of his resignation, which should be forwarded to the Commissioners of Customs as being on medical grounds.
AP_46(3rd)_30
15.11.1826
R.Steuart to Duke. Arrangements for Mungo Murray's superannuation should be made as soon as possible as the Board,despite his medical certificate, are pressing for his return to duty.
AP_46(3rd)_31
22.11.1826
R.Steuart to Duke. The Board insists that Mungo return to duty unless he forwards a certificate from some Staff surgeon. They do not accept that of Dr. Oswald as sufficient.
AP_46(3rd)_32
13.12.1826
R.Steuart to Duke. with a copy of a letter from Mungo Murray to the Board of Customs (see below) The writer fears that Mungo has much neglected his duty and disregarded his instructions due to his being unused to the new system which calls for very close attention to duty on the part of senior officers - which was not the case under the old regime. Neither his health or habits would now permit him to do the work as he is expected to.
AP_46(3rd)_33
Copy of Mungo Murray's letter to Comms. of Customs as above [AP_46(3rd)_32].
AP_46(3rd)_34
18.1.1827
R.Steuart to Duke. with a statement of the salaries and fees recd. by the Deemsters,Water Bailiff and Clerk of the Rolls for 1822/26.
AP_46(3rd)_35
Statement as per AP_46(3rd)_34.
AP_46(3rd)_36
11.1.1827
R.Steuart to Duke. General, (A report on the weather for 1826,said to be enclosed,is missing. N.M.)
AP_46(3rd)_37
-.2.1827
Bishop to Duke. as an opportunity appears to present itself for his translation to another See he suggests that the Duke might interest himself in the matter,as once the Duke has left the Island his situation will be very different.
AP_46(3rd)_38
14.2.1827
R.Steuart to Duke. General. - Mr.Brine has met with an accident. His gig overturned and he has fractured his arm and leg. It is rumoured that if the Lt.Gov.has to leave he will be succeeded by Sir John Buchan the son-in-law of Wilks.
AP_46(3rd)_39
14.3.1827
R.Steuart to Duke. General.
AP_46(3rd)_40
19.6.1827
Bishop to Duke. Mr.Pettyman insists that the tithes must be taken in kind so as to support his valuation.
AP_46(3rd)_41
28.6.1827
Bishop to Duke. asking for a loan.
AP_46(3rd)_42
13.7.1827
Bishop to Duke. The Lt.Gov. is attempting to seize half the revenue of the Bishoprick on the pretext that he has been absent from the Island for longer than is allowed by an Act of 1696. But this law,the Bishop thinks,is a dead letter.
AP_46(3rd)_43
1.8.1827
Bishop to Duke. General. Mostly re the valuation.
AP_46(3rd)_44
15.8.1827
Bishop to Duke. General. Mostly re the valuation.
AP_46(3rd)_45
23.9.1827
Bishop to Duke. saying he has been offered the See of Rochester,which he hopes the Duke will approve of him accepting.
AP_46(3rd)_46
18.12.1827
R.Steuart to Duke. Mr.Murry of Lintrose is in "one of my houses" and is very ill. (This must be the brother,of Mungo Murray ? N.M.)
AP_46(3rd)_47
20.12.1827
R.Steuart to Duke. Mr.McGuffog has been appointed Comptroller of Customs.
AP_46(3rd)_48
25.1.1828
Bishop to Duke. (Now at Rochester) re the expenses incurred by him in the Island on behalf of the Bishoprick and interests now on sale to the Crown (which he seems to think the Duke should pay N.M.)
AP_46(3rd)_49
24.2.1829
R.Steuart to Duke. General.
AP_46(3rd)_50
n.d.
Copy of an Act for giving further power to the Commissioners of Harbours in the I.O.M.
AP_46(3rd)_51
-.-.1825
Memo. re filling the Revenue vacancies in the I.O.M.
AP_46(3rd)_52
n.d.
List of Livings in the Duke's patronage. with age of Incumbent and annual income.
AP_46(3rd)_53
n.d.
Valuation of the Bishoprick.
AP_46(3rd)_54
-.-.1826
List of Magistrates appointed 21st Dec. 1826.
AP_46(3rd)_55
n.d.
Protest by R.Steuart, Rec.Gen. against the Bill for preventing Tumults and Riots etc.
AP_46(3rd)_56
Copy of AP_46(3rd)_55.
AP_46(3rd)_57
n.d.
Salaries of the Deemster, Clerk of the Rolls and Water Bailiff for the year 1824. Showing deductions for fees and actual amounts paid.


 

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