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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian History
• Sale Date:
  30 May 2017 ~ 10am - Session 1: Lots 1 - 406
  30 May 2017 ~ 2.30pm - Session 2: Lots 407 - 715
• Lot #:
  340
• Lot Description:
  GEORGE BARRINGTON, D’ARCY WENTWORTH & BOTANY BAY: THE LONDON CHRONICLE, November 14-17, 1789
  This edition carries a detailed report on an appearance by the notorious pickpocket George Barrington; a further update on the fate of D’Arcy Wentworth and a small but fascinating note of a report from America. “...the House of Representatives have fixed the salary of the President at 25,000 dollars per ann. including all expences; for the Vice President 5000 per ann. and for each of the Secretaries and Representatives six dollars per day.”
• Notes:
  On arrival in Sydney in the transport Active in September 1791, Barrington was sent to work at Toongabbie. ‘Irreproachable conduct’ soon won him a place in the police watch that protected the government stores. In November 1792 he received a conditional pardon. In 1796 John Hunter made this absolute and appointed Barrington chief constable at Parramatta. He also had his own house at Parramatta, 2 thirty-acre (12 ha) land grants and fifty acres (20 ha) which he bought on the Hawkesbury and farmed with assigned servants.
• Estimate:
  A$250 - 500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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