Item - Merchant account book

Identity area

Title

Merchant account book

Date(s)

  • 1861-1864 (Creation)
  • 1855-1856 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 account book

Context area

Name of creator

(1833-1912)

Biographical history

William Knibb Morris (1833-1912), was born at Loughton, Essex UK, son of Thomas Morris (1800-1874) and Sarah (Allard 1803-1876). He and his father sailed in the Boomerang from Liverpool to Melbourne in 1855 and arrived in Hobart by the SS City of Hobart ... »

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited by John Morris, Balmain, NSW Feb. 1967

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Unidentified account book recording trading, shipping and other expenses (1855-6). Reference to Luckman. Later entries, roughly written, appear to relate to household type expenses.

Conditions of access and use area

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.... »

Finding aids

Original inventory and descriptive notes can be found at https://eprints.utas.edu.au/11001/2/William_Knibb_Morris.pdf

Dates of creation revision deletion

HE july 2018

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