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

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[printed margin: Sold by Henry Dowling, Printer, Stationer, &c. Brisbane-street, Launceston.]

[left margin: C P & Co 233 [Gurnies??] Oats 697 - - " - - 57 - - " - - " 172 x ___ ___ 290 869 ]

Shipped in good order and well-conditioned, by ___ [illegible] Petrol ?? ___ in and upon the good ship called the ___ William ___ whereof is master for this present voyage ___ Thom ___ and now riding at anchor in the RIVER TAMAR, and bound for ___ Sydney N. S. W. ___ ___ Two Hundred & ninety Gurnies Oats Con 19 Eight Hundred & Sixty nine Box: ___

being marked and numbered as in the margin, and are to be delivered in the like good order and well-conditioned, at the aforesaid Port of _ _ _ Sydney _ _ _ (The Act of God, the Queen's Enemies, Fire, and all and every other Dangers and Accidents of the Seas, Rivers, and Navigation of whatever nature and kind soever excepted, save risk of Boats so far as Ships are liable thereto, excepted) unto _ _ _ order _ _ _ or to - - - Assigns: in - - - paying Freight for the said Goods _ _ _ at Five pence _ _ _ _ _ _ per Bushel of 40 00 - - - with Primage and Average accustomed. IN WITNESS whereof the Master of the said Ship hath affirmed to _ _ _ three _ _ _ Bills of Lading all of this Tenor and Date, the one of which Bills being accomplished, the others to stand void.

Dated in Launceston, this _ _ _ tenth _ _ _ day of _ _ _ April 1850 J. W. Thom

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[Page 32] [indecipherable] in the [indecipherable] [indecipherable] 290 Bags 809 Bags [?] £18.2 [?] 3Bags [indecipherable] [indecipherable] 9 Bags c 3/3 2.9.3 [written over 9] 3 Bags 6 16 [underscored] 1 10.9 [underscored] 16.11 4 Re: [p]ayment JW.Thom

[bottom of sheet, upside down:] 26 April 1850 Captn Thom

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Re[indecipherable] 27th Novr 1838[?]

My dear Mr[?] Dunlop I heard on Sunday of my Daughters having been confined on Saturday and gave birh to a boy & a girl, and I received the melancholy further information of the death of the infants. It appears they were born in a room [?indecipherable] of discard Influenza atmosphere which soon affected the delicate Lungs of the Babys and caused their deaths. As the above circumstance will prevent me attending the Bench will you do me the favour to put off the

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the trial of the contractors Carpenters for cutting up and using the roof of my building until Friday next when I hope to be better able to attend.

The very cold state of the week prevented my intended call upon Mrs Dunlop being afraid of the Chill I would be exposed to crossing the Water.

Yours very faithfully M. Jamison

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My Dear Sir

I wish thy answer to the address of my kind friends to be accompanied with a private letter to you as the Secretary, and my Successor

The knowledge you have of me will vouch for the sincerity of the sentiments I have expressed in my answer, Indeed, when I first read the address, a glow of tender pleasure sensibly affected me.

Will you, my friend have the goodness to write to me occasionally, tell me how you get on in your little circle, where you assemble

what are your subjects, what new members, in short any thing respecting our society, you can guess how it will interest me

I never think of Coleraine, but with a mixture