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    The Simpson's Road Volunteer Fire Brigade., 1885, courtesy of Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre.

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Title
The Simpson's Road Volunteer Fire Brigade.
Description

Letter from the Simpson's Road Volunteer Fire Brigade requesting permission to march from their station in Hoddle Street to Spencer Street Station en route to the Ballarat Demonstration.

Date
1885
Place
Hoddle Street, Collingwood; Spencer Street Station, Melbourne
Physical description

Letter, handwritten. Letterhead in black ink, with a phoenix motif and the legend "Not for Ourselves Entirely". Letter is undated, but has typewritten 188_, and refers to the tenth of March as a Tuesday, which only occurred in 1885. So the letter must have been written before 10 March 1885.

Control
PROV VPRS 3181/844 1885/417
Archival Source
VPRS 3181 City of Melbourne Town Clerk's Files Series 1, 1842 - 1910; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details

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Created: 13 September 2011, Last modified: 20 October 2011