Summary
Document agreeing to pay David Mitchell 600 pounds for 'repairs and improvements' undertaken at the Yorick Club Hotel.
The document was donated Jim Gorman's daughter. Gorman was manager of the Mitchell Family Estate, 'Doonside'. David Mitchell was the builder of the Exhibition Building (1879-1880) and father of Dame Nellie Melba.
Physical Description
Black ink on white lined paper, two signatures at the bottom. Beside the signatures is a green Victorian postage stamp to the value of one penny.
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Acquisition Information
Donation & Subsequent Transfer from Miss Lorna Gorman, Trustees of the Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Apr 1991
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Person Named
David Mitchell, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 15 Jul 1887
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Place Named
Yorick Club Hotel, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 15 Jul 1887
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Inscriptions
To Mr David Mitchell/In consideration of your executing repairs/ and improvements to the Yorick Club Hotel/for Miss Oliver according to Plans and/Specification prepared by Messrs F M White & Son We guarantee the payment to you of the cost and charges of and attending such repairs/and improvements to the extent of Six hundred pounds payments on account thereof to the extent [Extensive text]
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Overall Dimensions
205 mm (Length), 325 mm (Height)
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