Goldfields Personal Histories: interesting collection of… - The Goldfields Sale - Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

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Goldfields Personal Histories: interesting collection of various personal papers from a W.B. Taylor of Ballarat, c. 1925. Includes a fabulous letter from the Mayor's office which conveys '. This City's Appreciation and Thanks For the Kindly Help You Rendered By Permitting US to Purchase From You Three Beautiful Gold Specimens Which Were Found Recently By You at Black Hill, These Specimens Were Handed To, Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of York on the 29th...A Presentation to the Royal Visitors Which Proved to Be Significant to Ballarat and District.'; Dozens of Receipts From, the Union Bank of Australia Ltd, Ballarat, For Assay and Purchase, a Number of Statements From the Union Bank For 'Gold Left For Purchase, After Assay'(And the Detailed Accounts of Weights Received, Weight After Processing, the Price of Gold at the Time and the Final Figures Paid; Some Receipts From the Royal Mint Melbourne; a 'Certificate to Allow the Smelting of Gold Obtained By a Person Who Prospects Or Mines on His Own Behalf'; Dozens of Receipts For Alluvial Gold From the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Ballarat. Readingthrough the Receipts Chronologically, It Is Interesting to Note the High Volume Taylor Regularly Lodged Early on and the Increasingly Smaller Amounts Later On. Was the Gold Around Ballarat Running Out, Or Was W.B. Just Getting Older and Slower' Together with Some Personal Papers From An Alexander M. Laughton, Originally From Stawell, Mr. Laughton Went on to Have a Successful Career in the Insurance Industry, Even Attending the International Congress of Actuaries in Vienna in 1909 (The Receipt Amongst These Papers). An Interesting Insight Into the Life of a Late-Victorian Era Professional Gentleman in Melbourne

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Printed & Written Material: Historical Documents