Lot #370 - WHERE IS MY CLERK OF WORKS & WHY ISN'T HE AT HIS POST? 22 Oct.1850 mss letter to Samuel SMITH
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Auction House:Leski Auctions
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Sale Name:Australian & Colonial
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Sale Date:15 Jul 2018 ~ 12noon (AEST)
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Lot #:370
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Lot Description:WHERE IS MY CLERK OF WORKS & WHY ISN'T HE AT HIS POST? 22 Oct.1850 mss letter to Samuel SMITH
(Foreman Clerk-of-Works in the Royal Engineers Dep't) at Port Arthur, complaining that "the works carrying forward at Port Arthur have been in part at a stand still owing to your non attendance at that station to issue the requisite stores......you will afford a full explanation....". Smith's reply, dated 25th October from "Cascades" explains that he had not been "at that place for some days past in consequence of a very severe cold which has attacked me frequently since I have been stationed on this peninsula where the weather during the past winter has been more severe......I have been as diligent as my health (hitherto unimpaired) has permitted. My fidelity to my legitimate duties has never been questioned and if your informant at Port Arthur were less ready with his pen, much annoyance might be averted." The controversy rages on for another page. -
Estimate:A$400 - 600
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Realised Price:
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Category:Collectables
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