Van Diemen's Land Commissariat Office Bill of Exchange 1828 Affleck Moodie for One Hundred Pounds
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Van Diemen's Land Commissariat Office Bill of Exchange 1828
Affleck Moodie for One Hundred Pounds
An incredible chunk of colonial monetary history.
Bills of exchange are of interest to collectors as they one of the few forms of “circulating” paper currency from Australia’s colonial days that remain readily available. Such notes were largely used in commercial transactions between merchants, and as such vary quite widely according to:
• The date they were issued;
• Where they were issued;
• Their value; as well as
• The merchants and government officials involved.
This particular third of exchange was endorsed by Affleck Moodie, the officer in charge of the commissariat between late 1821 and 1839.
Moodie is described as being "one of the finest Commissariat Officers to come to Hobart Town. He was ‘applauded for his resistance to an offered bribe’ which he reported in 1822. Amidst the irregular tides, which at times threatened to engulf the entire VDL Civil Service, he seems to have stood out as a beacon of honesty. On 16 August 1826, Governor Arthur had written of him to BATHURST, His conduct has been during my command uniformly zealous and correct and of his position Assistant Commissary General, ‘no appointment can involve greater responsibility in a country where every degree of ingenuity is exhausted to devise means of plunder."
The recipient is made out as being James Ogilvie, a wine merchant and publican that arrived in Hobart in February 1822. His eulogy had this to say of Ogilvie: "In short, he was a good member of society, and a worthy example of persevering industry."
The first copy of this bill of exchange was sent via the Elizabeth on March 1st 1828; the second by the Meadow on April 20th 1828.
Bills of exchange such as this could effectively trade between merchants as currency, just what transaction this large bill of exchange was for is interesting to contemplate.
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