Promissory Notes

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Lot 2859    Session 10 (7.30pm Thursday)    Promissory Notes

Estimate $3,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $3,000

KEMP & GATEHOUSE, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, currency note, one pound, 1st April 1824 (year 18 printed), No. 1008, hand signed by Wmn. Bunster, on printed form by S. Clayton, Sculpt, Sydney (MVR illustrated p.22 [This Note]). Note in two halves, some rust, and holes from folds, otherwise nearly fine, the note except for being in two is in overall being in better than average condition for VDL notes of this period, unique.

Anthony Fenn Kemp (1773?-1868) soldier and merchant arrived in Sydney in 1793. He spent time in Van Diemen's Land on several occasions and at the time of issue of this note was foundation director and later president of the Van Diemen's Land Bank. Soon after his arrival in Hobart Town he established the firm of Kemp and Gatehouse which was changed to Kemp & Co (c.1823-5?) when Richard Barker was taken into partnership. The company was disolved in 1829. (See, Australian Dictionary of Biography Vol. 2, p.40 for more detailed biography of this man).

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