File 4: Hassall family, correspondence, volume 4, pp. 1343-1673, 1818-1895

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Sir

Having an application made to me from Mr Thos Nott to be married & having heard that you knew him in England & that it

Mr Thos Nott

Having [crossed through: that] heard that you knew Mr Thos Nott in England as a married man & he having [Crossed through - made application] been asked in Church in this place this several Sundays to me [Crossed through - to me to perform that ceremony] of the teachers of the Orphan School here I feel it my duty before celebrating [Crossed through - to make] this marriage [Crossed through - upon your] request that you will favour me with all the in-

formation in your power respec -ting the said marriage for although he had deposed upon with that he never was married yet the person who would break the solemn vows of Matrimony must not hesitate to swear to any thing for sinister [Crossed through - this] purposes [Crossed through - of obtaining]

An early answer will much oblige

Yours

Copy to T Garling Enqu. Mr Thos Notts

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Wednesday [indecipherable] 4 January /61

My dear Sir

I have much pleasure in sending you the pair of swans I promised so long ago - and which I trust will reach you safely, they are to be in Berrima on Monday and will be left at the Post office - they are quite domesticated but had better be kept in a small place untill they get accustomed to their new home

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I feed them with a little bread thrown into a dish of water— with kind regards,

Believe me to remain yours very sincerely

Sarah Cooper

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Berrima

During the past year a School has been in operation at Berrima, averaging above 30 children, formed by the guarantee which your committee have been enabled to give from the liberal subscriptions of the District and the support from Parents amounting to about £80 (eighty pounds).

There is at present the sum of £40 collected [indecipherable] years ago towards the building of a school house here, but the scarcity of above has rendered it necessary to postpone the commencement of the building.

Mittagong

Two schools have been established in Mittagong, the high range causing an impossible barrier for children to travel daily. The distance also being too great. To Mr Comer we are indebted for the encouragement he has given to the School