BIB_ID
80899
Accession number
MA 9207
Creator
Campbell, Frederick, Lord, 1729-1816.
Display Date
[1765] June 12.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 22 x 18.2 cm
Notes
Written in the third person.
Given the subject of the letter, it seems most likely to have been written around the time of the Smuggling Act of 1765, with which Parliament assumed control of customs duties around the Isle of Man ("tide waiter" being a historical term for "customs officer"). If the Grenville that Campbell refers to in the letter is George Grenville, Grenville's term as Prime Minister ran from April 1763 to July 1765. In addition, June 12th fell on a Wednesday in 1765, further supporting a 1765 dating.
Addressed to: "The Dean of Norwich / at Mr. Grenville's / Downing Street." Philip Lloyd, Dean of Norwich from 1765 to 1790, had been a tutor to the Grenville family and remained close to them.
Docketed.
From the American Stamp Act collection.
Given the subject of the letter, it seems most likely to have been written around the time of the Smuggling Act of 1765, with which Parliament assumed control of customs duties around the Isle of Man ("tide waiter" being a historical term for "customs officer"). If the Grenville that Campbell refers to in the letter is George Grenville, Grenville's term as Prime Minister ran from April 1763 to July 1765. In addition, June 12th fell on a Wednesday in 1765, further supporting a 1765 dating.
Addressed to: "The Dean of Norwich / at Mr. Grenville's / Downing Street." Philip Lloyd, Dean of Norwich from 1765 to 1790, had been a tutor to the Grenville family and remained close to them.
Docketed.
From the American Stamp Act collection.
Summary
Asking the Dean of Norwich (Philip Lloyd) if he would "take the first opportunity of mentioning to Mr. Grenville the Name of Thomas Thompson to be appointed Tide-Waiter in the Isle of Man"; explaining that he had told Grenville the previous day that "this Recommendation was at the instance of Mr. Hamilton [possibly John Hamilton], & to avoid Disputes between him & Lord Garlies [John Stewart] at Wigtown."
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