Mort family - business records, 1843-1987

MLMSS 7341/5-10X

series

1843-1987

430338

1843-1863, 1882-1891, 1907-1909; correspondence
1856-1882; 'copies of T.S. Mort's letters in his letter books 1864-1871 and miscellaneous papers from 1856-1882', including original letters and transcriptions made by Charles Mort, divided into 6 files:
1857-1865; file 1
1866-1886; file 2
1870-1871; file 3
1856-1882; file 4
1864-1869; file 5
1866-1869; file 6 (Call No.: MLMSS 7341/5)
1864-1871, 1865-1866, 1866-1871; three unbound files of photocopies of 'personal and business letters of Thomas Mort and son Edward', annotated by Charles Mort, probably in the 1980s (Call No.: MLMSS 7341/6)
1878, and undated; diary of Thomas Mort, April 1878 [1 entry], and notebook
1868-1893; financial papers, mainly concerning land allotments, aggreement between Mort & Co and Benjamin Buchanan, papers of the trustees of Mort & Co including balance sheets
1854-1892; correspondence between J. Arthur Dowling, solicitor, and Benjamin Buchanan concerning Waterview Estate,later known as Mort's Dock, Balmain, a Bill to 'enable the proprietors of the waterview Bay Dry Dock ... to purchase land ...',Memorandum of Association of Mort's Dock and Engineering Company, 1875
1895-1897; papers concerning land in Toowoomba including conveyancing agreement, allotment plans and related correspondence
1869-1902; financial papers, mainly of the trustees of the estate of Thomas Sutcliffe Mort
1843-1886; miscellaneous indentures, stock certificates, deeds of partnership, insurance policies (Call No.: MLMSS 7341/7)
1841-1858; memoranda,copies of grant, mortgage and conveyance agreements concerning Boat Alley, later Bodalla, and map of proposed auction sale of Boat Alley
1860-1866; copies of conveyance agreements with a list of land holding of T.S. Mort, compiled from the New South Wales Gazetteer, 1866
1923-1950; prospectus for auction of land for dairy farms at Bodalla 1923, 1924, Richardson & Wrench Conditions and Terms of Sale, correspondence with solicitors Minter, Simpson & Co, 1927-1950, sub-division plans
1873-1890; Legal agreements, including indenture, 1873, Memorandum of Association of the Bodalla Company Limited, 1886, conveyance William Coman to The Bodalla Company, 1890, a NSW government Bill enabling the name Bodalla Company Limited to be used, and report from the Select Committee on that Bill, 1885, proposal to lease by tender, 1893
1901-1941; legal agreements, including appointments of new trustees, stock mortgages and share certificates
1877-1918, 1928-1967; Miscellaneous papers, including correspondence over purchase of land, 1884-1890,letterbook of Ernest Mort, 1888, sundry debtors, 1911, horse muster and valuation, 1911, list of patients for 1912-1913, nurse's report for 1916-1917, list of employess and rates of wages 1918 and 1923, newscuttings, 1928-1967
1979-1987; 'foundation of The Bodalla Coy Ltd',and pamphlet titled St Edmund's Catholic Church, Bodalla centenery, both by Charles Mort, 1979,lists of Bodalla Company records held at Australian National University, 'An economic history of the Bodalla Company, 1900-1920', a thesis by Diane Whiteford, 1985 (Call No.: MLMSS 7341/8)
1868, 1878; letters of registration to Eugene Dominique Nicolle and Thomas Sutcliffe Mort
1900-1957; Papers concerning the sale of 'Brou', mainly correspondence of the Perpetual Trustee Company
1886-1897; letters to Leslie Herring from Laidley Mort
1858-1864; letters from London art dealers to William and Thomas Sutcliffe Mort
1884-1902; drawings of portion 134 in the Parish of Bodalla, County of Dampier (Call No.: MLMSS 7341/9)
Rules and regulations at Comerang, undated (Call No.: MLMSS 7341/10X)