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422059
  • Title
    Robert Hancock papers, 1832-1877
  • Creator
  • Call number
    A 5325
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1832-1877
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    422059
  • Physical Description
    1 box of textual material
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Publican and wheelwright. He leased the Brittania Inn in 1832, inherited his father's George Street wheelwright business in 1837. By 1847 he had sold the wheelwright business and bought Wellington Inn, Tower Court, later known as Tower Inn. In 1873 he moved to the Lady of the Lake in Bay Street
  • Scope and Content
    Leases etc. 1831-1876 of various Sydney properties including grant to Andrew Ball, 1831, lease to James Simpson 1853-, purchase of land from Thos. Kellett. Correspondence and documents, 1832-1876, including earlier papers re James Dearing. Legal documents re estate, 1876-1877, including paper re removal of Hancock's statue to Rookwood from Tower Court. Miscellaneous documents include an agreement, 1837, with Robert Voisey, a wheelwright, and apprenticeship terms for Geo. Burton, 1873
  • Description source

    Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (6-236B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
  • General note

    (Norton Smith & Co. Papers - Clients' Documents)
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