Letter from Charles Swanston, Hobart Town, to George Mercer, Dryden, Edinburgh, 13 June 1843 Digital

Has bought 100 acres of land for Mercer at back of Gorthy, to prevent little menfrom getting in and allowing the establishment of a nest of sheepstealers. Difficult to raise money as Colony nearly bordering upon general insolvency. Price of sheep and wheat. Port Phillip Bank. Next to a General Bankruptcy in Sydney. Derwent Company. Cannot get even a line from Mercer's son.