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General orders : in order to repress as much as possible the usurious and ruinous traffick of dollar...

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General orders : in order to repress as much as possible the usurious and ruinous traffick of dollar...

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOqDvbAzX

General orders : in order to repress as much as possible the usurious and ruinous traffick of dollars by the few who possess them to individuals at eight, nine, and even ten shillings to a dollar to pay to the American at the rate of five shillings each for spirits permitted to be landed ...

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General orders : in order to repress as much as possible the usurious and ruinous traffick of dollars by the few who possess them to individuals at eight, nine, and even ten shillings to a dollar to pay to the American at the rate of five shillings each for spirits permitted to be landed ...

Publisher

[Sydney] : [Government Printer], [1805].

Date

[1805].

Call Numbers

SAFE 1/87 , CY 1091

Record Identifier

74VKOqDvbAzX

MMS ID

991022408639702626

Language

English

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Physical content

1 sheet ([1] p.) : coat of arms ; 23 cm.

Publication information

Publisher

[Sydney] : [Government Printer], [1805].

Place of Publication

New South Wales

Date Published

[1805].

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General orders : in order to repress as much as possible the usurious and ruinous traffick of dollars by the few who possess them to individuals at eight, nine, and even ten shillings to a dollar to pay to the American at the rate of five shillings each for spirits permitted to be landed ...

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General note

Caption title. "In order to repress ..." from first lines of text.

Signed and dated: "Government House, Sydney, Dec. 24, 1805, by command of His Excellency G. Blaxcell, Acting, Sec."

General orders for the repression of the exhorbitant amount of interest being charged amongst colonists in exchange for dollars to buy rum.

SAFE 1/87 Selected for Digitisation 2019....

Citation / References Note

Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 416

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SAFE 1/87 , CY 1091

Record Identifier

74VKOqDvbAzX

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOqDvbAzX

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991022408639702626

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