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Lot# 30257 - Auction 309-320

  • Lot# : 30257 Tasmania

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    1844 (Aug 10): Four sides of entire letter from George Town to Yeovil, Somerset written by one William Pelham, rated '5d.' in manuscript for 1 d. internal fee and 4d. for outgoing Ship Letter, and a further '1/8d.' due upon receipt in Yeovil with arrival on reverse (1 Feb 1845). A most interesting letter: "(The Governor, Sir John Eardley-Wilmot) has taken the Labour of the Convict population from the settlers, and under the present probabtion system the prisoners are all let loose and walk about with a slip of paper called a Pass and hiring themselves at not less than ...£9 a year. Our present Governor is marrying the men and women by hundreds at a time...nothing can be worse than the conditions of this Colony.".rnrnProvenance: Prestige, Melbourne, 12 Feb 2010, lot 346.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF