Significance

Yields information about Mr Jerusalem Smith, a person trying to sell rail and horse tramways in 1880 and other correspondence.

Physical description

Set of three letters concerning "Mr Jerusalem Smith" and his correspondence with the City of Ballarat, 1880, concerning the construction of horse trams and tramway rail.



.1 - letter from Mr Ian Armstrong enquiring about "Mr Jerusalem Smith" and provision of seven pages of photocopies from some of the letters in the referenced journal. Dated 18/9/2008.



.2 - letter from Warren Doubleday to Mr Ian Armstrong giving some further information, dated 23/10/2008.

.3 - letter from Alan Bradley to Mr Ian Armstrong give notes from the City of Ballarat and other research regarding "Mr Jerusalem Smith", dated 9/11/2008.



See also Reg item 4701 for further correspondence on this matter.