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Australia (Van Diemen’s Land), Tasmania. Derwent Bank, 1836 Issued Cashier’s Draft

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Australia (Van Diemen’s Land), Tasmania. Derwent Bank, 1836 Issued Cashier’s Draft
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Australia (Van Diemen’s Land), 19 December 1836. Printed cashier’s draft of the Derwent Bank, black on off-white with vertical left guilloche panel inscribed “DERWENT BANK.” Pre-printed location “Hobart Town” is struck through and corrected in manuscript to “Campbell Town;” filled out to “Mr. H. J. Emmett” for Eight pounds 4/6, payable “or order;” bold cashiers’ imprint “CASHIER OF THE DERWENT BANK” at center; contemporary signatures at lower left and right; unobtrusive clerical notations. An attractive early Tasmanian banking form showing branch use outside Hobart with the imprint corrected in period ink. XF-AU Condition. The payee, Henry James Emmett (1782–1848), was a prominent early official and settler in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania). Originally a clerk in the Colonial Secretary’s office in Sydney, he was transferred to Hobart in 1814 where he held numerous government posts, including clerk to the Bench of Magistrates and Postmaster General. Despite later financial difficulties, Emmett remained a well-known figure in colonial Tasmania. Documents payable to him, such as this 1836 draft, are sought after for their direct association with one of the island colony’s early administrators.