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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Colonial
• Sale Date:
  15 Jul 2018 ~ 12noon (AEST)
• Lot #:
  512
• Lot Description:
  HOTHAM, Lieutenant-Governor Sir Charles, and James TARLETON. Copies of correspondence respecting American Citizens
  who were supposed to have participated in the late riots at Ballaarat. [PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA, Melbourne: Government Printer, 7 March 1855]. Foolscap folio, single leaf.
• Notes:
  Official record of the exchange between James Tarleton, U.S. Consul to Australia and Lieutenant Governor Sir Charles Hotham, laying the blame for the Eureka Stockade. Tarleton asserts in his first letter that 'the prime movers were Scotchmen' and later flatly denies any American citizens were involved ('I have every confidence that my countrymen throughout this colony will keep themselves in the proper position'). In the final letter here printed, Hotham regretfully informs the US consul that the leader of the insurgents 'is a young American'.
• Estimate:
  A$150 - 200
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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