Letter from Liverpool merchants to James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl
Date(s): Nov 1757
Creator(s): Various
Scope & Content: A manuscript letter, signed by 31 Liverpool merchants, petitioning the Duke of Atholl over the proposed bridge to be built at Douglas Harbour, which they have been informed will restrict navigation; the petitioners request that they be given a plan of the harbour to enable them to understand what is being proposed; the signatories of the petition are: George Clowes; William Williamson; William Williamson Jnr.; William Davenport; Edmund Lyon; John Crosbie; William Crosbie; John Maine; William Higginson; Daniel Macneale; Thomas Parke Jnr.; Richard Savage; William Gregson; Hugh Pringle; George Drinkwater; John [?]; James Campbell; Francis Gildart; Fostor [?]; John Knight; William Dobb; Thomas Anyon; William Lawson; Matthew Lowndes; William Goodwin; Richard Hughes; George Campbell; William Trafford; Edward Forbes Jnr.; Arthur Heywood Jnr.; John Atherton.
Language: English
Extent: 1 page (1 sheet)
Item name: Letter
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: MS 09707/2/570
Retrieval number: AP X69 (2nd)-14
Record class: Private
Access conditions: No regulations of restrictions are implemented on this material.
Subject tags : #MM100