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Lot 3035 SESSION 11 ( 9.30AM THURSDAY 27 JULY) Documents
Estimate $100
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VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, cheque from George Hunt to Mr George Stokell, Macquarie Street for £153.3.0, Hobart Town, 31st December 1836, No 25261, circular rubber ink stamp Derwent Bank, Bank of Australasia, Hobart Town PAID stamp, crossed and cancelled, signed on back George Hunt, entirely handwritten. Very fine.
George Stokell and his wife arrived in Van Diemens Land on the 'Venerable' in 1822. With his capital he became a merchant and land owner. He prospered until his store manager Parrot, embezzeled large sums of money. Stockell, although facing bankruptcy, 'soldiered on' and over time restored his financial and social status, dying a wealthy man in 1874. Apart from Bills of Exchange he also issued currency notes of one shilling dated 1825. [See 'Coins and Tokens of Tasmania 1803-1910' by Roger McNeice FRNS].
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