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Greenough Museum and Gardens > Records

Promissory note from John Simpson

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John Simpson

1865

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written letter on grey paper

Historical information

The writer, John Simpson was a farmer at Greenough.
Charles Tallboy (1828-69) was convicted of larceny and sent to Western Australia in 1853 (no.1784).

Details

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Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1499

Item type

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Width

198 mm

Height or length

73 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Dec 30 To Mr Maley please to let charley Tallboy have thirty six shillins on my account
John Simpson
On reverse: 30 Dec 65 J Simpson Order Tallboy 36/-

Contextual Information

This is the only note we have associated with Tallboy, and so is physical evidence that he worked in this region.

Keywords

Promissory Note

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Western Australia
Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

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Promissory note from John Simpson

Promissory note from John Simpson written on 30/12/1865

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