[TASMANIA; WINE] Licence issued to Messrs. Henty & Company, Launceston, in pursuance of An Act for the Licensing of Wholesale Dealers in Wine and Sprituous Liquors. January 1842.

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[Hobart Town : s.n.], 1842. Foolscap folio, 330 x 200 mm, letterpress printed recto only on laid paper with Britannia watermark; the manuscript entries record the successful application by Messrs. Henty Co., Launceston, for a licence to be a Dealer, under the said Act, In Wine and in Brandy, Rum, Gin, Whiskey, Cordials, and other Spirituous Liquors, and to sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of, in any quantity not less than Five Gallons, all or any of the said Liquors, in or upon any of the said places or premises ; the physical description of the premises is supplied in manuscript: a Brick Store containing a Cellar and three floors, and a Weather boarded Store adjoining situated in Cimetere [i.e. Cimitiere] Street, Launceston, and Her Majesty s Bonded Warehouses ; the document is dated 14 January 1842, and is signed in the bottom margin Collector of Internal Revenues ; in fine condition (ink spot in left margin from the clerical quill!). A unique piece of Henty ephemera that attests to the family s abiding interest in the wine and alcohol industries, both of which were significant branches of James Henty s business enterprises in Tasmania and later on in Victoria. The early generations of the Henty family in Australia were significant pioneers and landholders in the Swan River Colony, Van Diemen s Land and Port Phillip. James Henty (1800-1882) moved from Swan River in Western Australia to Launceston in 1831, and his father Thomas (1775-1839) joined him there with three mor

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