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A Land Transaction in Wilberforce, New South Wales - 1824, A…
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13-Jun-2020
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A Land Transaction in Wilberforce, New South Wales - 1824, A conveyance of '20 Acres of Land in the District of Wilberforce under a writ of Fieri Facias' [ a writ of execution after judgment obtained in a legal action for debt or damages] by which Robert Cooper (merchant of Sydney) acquires the land from John Lyons in settlement of a debt calculated at '80 pounds in Spanish Dollars at five shillings each'. The details of the land are described and a small hand-drawn map provides further information. The document is prepared for and signed by John Thomas Campbell, Provost Marshall, and witnessed by James Foster. Wilberforce is one of the original settlements established as a township by Lachlan Macquarie, colonial governor of New South Wales 1810-21, and accordingly is locally known as a 'Macquarie Town', a title given to townships established by Governor Macquarie on 6 December 1810 in and around Sydney. It was named after William Wilberforce (1759?1833) who was a British politician, philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. John Thomas Campbell (1770 - 1830) arrived in Sydney in 1809, and on 1 January 1810 Macquarie appointed Campbell his secretary, Ellis Bent considered him 'very fit for the situation, which is very troublesome'. His salary was £282 10s., paid by the British government, to which Macquarie added £82 10s. from the colonial revenue as soon as authorized to do so in 1816. For eleven years he was Macquarie's chief assistant in the administration of the colony, his intimate friend and loyal supporter. Among other things Campbell strongly supported the governor in 1816 against Jeffery Hart Bent and in his prosecution of Captain Drake for ill treatment of prisoners in the Chapman in 1817. Campbell took a leading part in the founding of the Bank of New South Wales in 1816-17. As the first president of its board of directors he gave thorough attention daily to every detail of its organization and operations until it was well established. Although Macquarie, in his eagerness to present the bank's prospects in the best light, may have exaggerated the president's earlier experience as a banker, Campbell was obviously enthusiastic and competent.
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