| undated |
Thomas Brown Pyrmont |
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Invoice to Mr Hunt extra depth of foundation |
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Pencil list of costs – carpentry and brickwork |
| 4 Aug 1875 |
J Horbury Hunt |
E S Rouse Esq |
Plans and specifications are complete, “with extra care”; discussion of material supplies |
| 19 September 1875 |
J Horbury Hunt |
E S Rouse Esq |
Assessed cost of materials and fees |
| 26 October1875 |
J Horbury Hunt |
E S Rouse Esq |
Not so many tenders as expected; Recommend the tender of Mr T Brown bricklayer and Messrs Smith & Bennett carpentry; lists materials to be sourced by suppliers and those by Mr Rouse; expected cost of materials; Addendum: separate character reference for Smith and Bennet and T Brown |
| 17 November 1875 |
J Horbury Hunt |
E C (sic) Rouse Esq |
Postcard. Going North for a week |
| 30 November 1875 |
J Horbury Hunt |
E S Rouse Esq |
Brown making start on Monday; supplies via rail from Parramatta; Smith and Bennett keen to work and are reconsidering tenders; hope to come well down to your figure |
| 1 December 1875 |
W S Friend & Co |
Foreign and colonial timber yard |
Invoice/receipt, signed Horbury Hunt, Hoop iron |
| 2 December 1875 postmark |
J Horbury Hunt |
E C (sic) Rouse |
Postcard; re tenders: Brown; S&B; Hogg re lime |
| 4 December 1875 |
W S Friend & Co |
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Invoice/receipt; signed Horbury Hunt, Hoop iron coal tar Note from E S Rouse to correct his name from E C Rouse to E S |
| 7 December 1875 |
James Hogg |
lime store |
Invoice/receipt signed Horbury Hunt |
| 8 December 1875 |
J Horbury Hunt |
E S Rouse Esq |
Comment re fire; amended (reduced) plan for stable sent with variations; new drawings required for carpentry; Mr Winter brickwork?; my practise is to be paid half commission as work starts |
| 14 December 1875 |
J Horbury Hunt |
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Professional Services for work at Rouse Hill £25 |
| 21 December 1875 |
W H Rolfe |
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Invoice/receipt signed Horbury Hunt |
| 21 December 1875 |
J Horbury Hunt |
E S Rouse Esq |
Considers drainage; water from coach house and washing room; re tenders; planks to station this morning |
| 21 December 1875 |
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Plan of stables for Rouse Hill |
| 1875 |
J Horbury Hunt |
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Postcard to E C (sic) Rouse re work line crossed through writing |
| undated |
Thomas Brown, Pyrmont |
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Letter acknowledging receipt of cheque from Mr Hunt re erection of stables at Rouse Hill |
| 8 January 1876 |
Mr Brown |
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Invoice/receipt signed Horbury Hunt |
| 31 January 1876 |
James Hogg, Hunter & Druitt Street |
Hoggs lime store |
Invoice/receipt |
| 31 January 1876 |
T Brown |
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Invoice/receipt £75, signed Horbury Hunt |
| 15 February 1876 |
Mr Thomas Brown |
Builder |
Invoice/receipt, signed Horbury Hunt |
| 16 February 1876 |
J Horbury Hunt |
E S Rouse Esq |
Letter accompanying plan for outside plumber; suggests timber to be placed along carried? (carriage?) house entry |
| 23 March 1876 |
Messrs Smith and Bennett |
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Invoice/receipt £400, signed Horbury Hunt |
| 31 March 1876 |
G E Crane and sons, New Pitt St Circular Quay |
City cement stores |
Invoice/receipt, signed Horbury Hunt, drain pipes, bends, junction |
| 15 April 1876 |
Charles Roughley |
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Invoice, days of work plus some supplies for fencing |
| 28 April 1876 |
Pemberton and Thing? |
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Receipt, tank at Rouse Hill |
| 11 May 1876 |
Smith and Bennett |
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Invoice/receipt, signed Horbury Hunt |
| 19 May 1876 |
J Horbury Hunt |
E C (sic) Rouse Esq |
Bathroom costing £125; will have large marble bath, with shower supplied from tank overhead; wash basin; water closet; door cut through main house. |
| 20 May 1876 |
George Hunter |
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Invoice, stonework |
| 31 May 1876 |
G E Crane and sons, New Pitt St Circular Quay |
City cement stores |
Invoice, cement, gratings, drain pipes, bends |
| 3 June 1876 |
Charles Ashton |
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Receipt, 6 weeks work 5/- a day |
| 3 June 1876 |
Charles Roughley |
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Receipt, 7 weeks work 5/- a day |
| 30 June 1876 |
G E Crane and sons, New Pitt St Circular Quay |
City cement stores |
Invoice/receipt signed Horbury Hunt, cement, drainpipes |
| 20 July 1876 |
G Hunter |
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Invoice/receipt, signed Horbury Hunt, cement, drainpipes |
| 31 July 1876 |
J Horbury Hunt |
E S Rouse Esq |
Letter accompanying account of George Hunter; Jack will take plant to S&B |
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J Horbury Hunt |
E S Rouse Esq |
crumbling letter |
| 1 August 1876 |
George Hunter |
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Receipt, Work at Rouse Hill |
| 7 August 1876, photocopy |
George Hunter |
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Invoice (original in H Hunt correspondence) works at Rouse Hill stable |
| 31 August 1876 |
G E Crane and sons, New Pitt St Circular Quay |
City cement stores |
Invoice/receipt, cement, pipes |
| September 1876 |
Smith and Bennett |
builder |
Invoice /receipt, signed Horbury Hunt, 5 tons lime |
| 14 October 1876 |
Toms |
Plumbing |
Invoice |
| 1 December 1876 |
J Horbury Hunt |
E C (sic) Rouse |
S&B tender £1,185; re quote specifics; discussion re other tenders |
| 20 December 1876 |
R Dunlop |
House, ship & machine smith |
Invoice /receipt, stable rings, ball plates; grates, brackets |
| 21 February 1877 |
J Horbury Hunt |
E C (sic) Rouse |
Professional services £140 5% commission |
| 21 February 1877 |
J Horbury Hunt |
E C (sic) Rouse |
Paid - Smith &Bennett £93.15.7- and Ranger &Toms £33.4.3-, Murphy £14; total £140.19.10-; partition and door extra £15; will come in the next months to see how stable works |
| 24 February 1877 |
J Horbury Hunt |
E C (sic) Rouse |
Paid - Smith &Bennett £93.15.7- and Ranger &Toms £33.4.3-, Murphy £14; total £140.19.10-; partition and door extra £15; will come in the next months to see how stable works |
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2 pages – list of stable accounts Believed to be in the hand of Richard Rouse |
