An account of the Isle of Man Charities prepared at the request of one ‘William Courtenay, Esq., at whose desire the following account ... was prepared for the use of His Majesty's Government’. Printed slip pasted to the title page reads ‘The Profits of this Publication, should there be any, will be applied towards the building of a Vicarage House, in the Parish of Malew’. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets formerly in the library of Thomas Quayle. The Quayles were a most influential Manx family, founders of one of the Manx banks amongst many other achievements. Thomas was a successful barrister in London and a gentleman farmer in Suffolk. He was the author of ‘A General View of the Agriculture of the Isle of Man’ ( London 1812 ).