MASSIE (Robert George, Commissioner of Crown Lands for New England in northern New South Wales, 1848-1854)

Autograph note signed, saying that "2 fleeces of clean wool were weighed in the sun, in my presence at Salisbury ... 1 fleece 9¼ lbs and the other fleece 7 lbs. God save the Queen", 1 side 5¾" x 7¾", Salisbury Court, New England, New South Wales, 30th November

Matthew Henry Marsh, 1810-1881, was a young barrister in England. He came out in 1840 and in 1846 bought 34,000 acres from (later Sir) Robert Ramsey Mackenzie, 1811-1873, whose early land deals relied heavily on borrowing. He called his holding Salisbury Plains and his house Salisbury Court, after his home in England, where his father was a canon of the Cathedral. He afterwards represented the city in the British Parliament.

Item Date:  1850

Stock No:  52877      £65

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