Box 14 Folder 7: James Milson, correspondence & documents of David Dunlop, 1830s-1880s

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to encounter --- be enabled to carry out the object of its apreciation [appreciation].

I am my dear Sir

very faithfully yours

[signed] C. Nicholson

David Dunlop

J.P.

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Goulburn

December 7th 1840

My dear Sir

Your letter of the 30th Ult'o reached me at this place. --- I have forwarded the cheque to Mr Cooper with your appreciation for the shares.

When I left Sydney the prospects of the

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Company appeared favourable - nearly 4000 shares had been [...] for, and a great, and general interest appeared to be taken in the project. I agree with you as to the vast importance of establishing communication

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by railway in the Colony. There is perhaps no Country in the World, where the requirements for such a mode of transit are greater. --- I trust that with the Cooperation of the Government, the Company may - notwithstanding the many discouragements it may have

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Goulbourn [Goulburn] December seventh [?] 1840

C. Nicholson Esq.

[upside down, in rectangular stamp] FREE

David Dunlop Esq.

Wollombi -

[Page 14] Rear of envelope with 4 post office stamps, one reading Wollombi NSW DE 10 1848 and one General Post Office Sydney, DE 11 1848. 2 additional stamps indistinct. Red wax seal with initials CN. Wording reads 'Chas Nicholson Premier of of NSW re shares in Railway Company'

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Molles Main, near Campbell Town, July 31. 1846

Sir, The kindness you have always hitherto evinced in complying with any little request I may have troubled you with, will in this instance I hope plead my excuse, for again trespassing upon your kindness.

I have long known that unless under very favorable circumstances farming will not pay in New. S. Wales, and when you have rent and labor to pay for unfavorable seasons come doubly hard upon those who are subject to it. -- I should [...] when I left the Wollombi have taken to farming again, but for the purpose of providing a home for those who were dependant upon me, and as at the expiration of this year it is my intention to sublet the estate I now hold, reserving the house, and about 200 acres of land for my Father and Mother to live in, I have no doubt it will be more beneficial to me than if I continued farming. -- In the mean time I purpose being on the lookout for a situation for myself, and I have no doubt with the friends I have, and the recommendations I can procure I shall be able to get something to do, that will be less precarious, than a dependance upon our uncertain climate

My object in now troubling you, is to beg of you to be kind enough to forward me a certificate of character, and respectability during the time you have known me for which I shall feel very grateful, and consider myself your debtor, and should Providence ever put it in my power to serve you or yours, I shall always feel it a pleasure as well as a duty to do so.

I have the honor to be Sir your most obedient servant

James Smith