Treasure Chest Tuesday - 1848 Public House License for Alexander Whittle in Sydney, NSW

Source: www.geneamusings.com --- Tuesday, October 17, 2017
This week's Tuesday Treasure is the Public House license granted to Alexander Whittle in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia dated 21 June 1848: The transcription of this record is:                                        R????? Branch, Colonial Treasury                                                                  Sydney, 21 June 18 48 LICENSE to Retail Fermented and Spiritous Liquors, issued in favor of   Alex^r Whittle                   , for the House known by the Sign of  the Lancashire Arms   at Sussex S^t & Union Lane from 1 July 1848 to 30th June 1849. Amount of Duty received £  30 Certificate of the above-mentioned being a fit Person to keep a Public House granted by                                          M. A. Holden  Justice of the Peace Assembled at  Sydney        on the  6  day of  May   18 48 The source citation for this record is: "New South Wales, Australia, Certificates for Publicans' Licences, 1830-1849, 1853-1899," indexed database with record images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 May 2011), 1848, #206, Alexr Whittle public house license;  citing  Butts of publicans’ licences, 1830-1849 . NRS 14401, reels 5049-5062, 1236. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia. I found this record in my computer digital files fo r Alexander Whittle;  I received it from Lisa Nap of the Netherlands in 2011.  I wrote more about this and similar records in  Findin ...

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