Item A6 - Account Book: 1819 -1823

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AU TAS UTAS SPARC L1-A6

Title

Account Book: 1819 -1823

Date(s)

  • 1819 -1823 (Creation)

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Item

Extent and medium

1 folio volume

Context area

Name of creator

(1780-1865)

Biographical history

John Leake (1780-1865) was born in Kent, U.K., in 1780, son of Robert and Sarah Leake. The family were merchants connected with the firm of Travis and Leake of Hull and John worked as a shipping and cargo agent, trading in various commodities between ... »

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Bequest of Dorothy Foster in 1964. Additional items given by J. Hudspeth in 1978

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Account Book 1819 -1823 Includes
• Hamburg trade 1819 -Sept. 1821
Accounts of oil consigned to John Leake of Hamburg (ie.whale oil, black, brown and linseed oil). Also a few other commodities such as sewing cotton from Dacca Twist co., Manchester, ... »

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Conditions governing access

May be consulted

Conditions governing reproduction

This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.... »

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Dates of creation revision deletion

HE May 2018

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