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Letterbook of Robert Brooks and Co., 1872 July 12-1876 July 7 [manuscript].
No full textManuscript reference no.: MS 2381.; Single volume, with letters on numbered leaves 87-499 (tissue paper), preceded by an index of recipients of letters on lined white paper. Some leaves unused; leaves 451, 454-455 omitted from foliation. A loose memo, relating to Messrs. Holmes White & Coy., is enclosed at leaf 171.; Part of the collection: Records of Robert Brooks and Co.; Condition: Torn remnant only of leaf 251.; Also available online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms2381-1x. Letterbook comprising copies of manuscript letters relating to the Australian interests of the London wool merchants, Robert Brooks and Co. Maintained by Herbert Brooks, the letterbook records, in chronological order, outwards correspondence from 12 July, 1872-7 July, 1876. The letters discuss such shipping matters as defective stowage and deterioration in the value of cargo, rates charged at docks, wharves and by warehouses, insurance policy, business in tinned meat, the demand for tallow, pastoral interests including flock size, prospects for lambing and the clip, and the state of the wool market. They also refer to shipments conveyed by the "Turkish Empire", "Lady Jocelyn", "Loch Levens", "Somersetshire" and the "Candahar", among other merchant vessels. Correspondents include W.W. Couche, W. Morgan, S.S. Ritchie and James White (1 v.)
Brooks family collection
No full textThis collection consists primarily of text materials related to the Brooks family through the lifetimes of Ida Joe Brooks, Mrs. Tinley M. (Mary Burt) Brooks, Mrs. W. B. (Oriette V.) Brooks and Mary Burt Brooks Nash
Notes: Meeting with Noah Brooks
No full textSpeaks of how he, Noah Brooks, knew Lincoln in Springville in 185
Caricature of Brooks Hays
No full textCaricature drawing of Brooks Hays shaking hands with childTo Suzy
8/30/69
Congrats JB upon being such a good help to your dad.
Thanks but go easy Uncle Brooks
Youre [sic] acting like a candidat
James Brooks
No full textPhotograph of the exhibition "James Brooks," May 10-June 25, 1972, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
James Brooks
No full textPhotograph of the exhibition "James Brooks," May 10-June 25, 1972, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
James Brooks
No full textPhotograph of the exhibition "James Brooks," May 10-June 25, 1972, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
James Brooks
No full textPhotograph of the exhibition "James Brooks," May 10-June 25, 1972, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
James Brooks
No full textPhotograph of the exhibition "James Brooks," May 10-June 25, 1972, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
James Brooks
No full textPhotograph of the exhibition "James Brooks," May 10-June 25, 1972, held at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
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