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Letter: Charles Simmons, 92 Botany Street Surry Hills. A long letter complaining about Silvanus

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Unique IDA-00298476SeriesLetters Received [Municipal Council of Sydney]DateBetween 1st October 1866 and 19th October 1866Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - HardcoverDescriptionLetter. Charles Simmons, 92 Botany Street Surry Hills. A long letter complaining about Silvanus Abbott, the overseer at the Lachlan Swamp whose son was in trouble with the police for embezzlement from his employer. Simmons writes that he had lent a large amount of money to Abbott for legal fees, but then found that this money was used in an effort to stop the son's employer from taking the case to court. Simmons has not been able to regain the money from Abbott and the bailiff was in possession of his premises. Abbott has gone to the insolvency court. There is also a long letter from Silvanus Abbott, Lachlan Swamp, dated 17 Oct, giving his side of the story, explaining that he was hoping that an old acquaintance from Queensland who visited Sydney would lend him the cash but was unable to, due to 'stagnation in the Banks'. Abbott wrote that Simmons helped him because he believed the young man was innocent - if not 'why did he keep and conceal the young man in his house with his own family for over a period of six weeks from the Police authorities'. He writes that when Simmons gave him the bills, he said he did so only because of the attachment existing between the lad and one of his daughters. He says that his son and Simmons's daughter had been engaged for two years. There is a note that the Mayor will dismiss Abbott from the Corporation. LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYes

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Letter: Charles Simmons, 92 Botany Street Surry Hills. A long letter complaining about Silvanus

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