Invoice from John Cook to John Fox

1862
Overview

hand written account in ink on both sides of a sheet of grey paper. Slight damage to right edge.

Historical information

John Fox, convict no.4951, worked in Toodyay before moving to Greenough, where he died in 1866.
John Cook originally worked for Drummond at Toodyay, then became manager at Dandaragan.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-72-GMOB2263
Item type
Documents
Material
Paper
Width
160 mm
Height or length
204 mm
Depth
1 mm
Inscriptions and markings

John Fox
In a/c with John Cook
1862
Nov 13 5lb Bread 1/3 8lb Beef @7 5. 11
½ lb Tea 1/6 2 Sugar 1/- 2. 6
4 ½ lb Bread 1/ ½ 1 Soap @10 1. 11 ½
4 lb Bread 1/- 5/2 Beef 4. 7 ½
11 lb Flour 2/9 1 Suet @6 3. 3
3 lb Sugar 1/6 1 Tea 3/- 4. 6
1 lb Bread 1/6 1 lb Bread 1/6 3. 0
9 lb Beef 5/3 6 ½ Beef 9. 0
5 lb Bread 1/3. 5 lb Bread 1/3 2. 6
2 lb Sugar 1/- 1 lb Suet @6 1. 6
5 lb Bread 1/3 11 Beef 6/5 7. 8
17 lb Flour 4/3. ½ Tea 1/6 5. 9
4 lb Bread 1/- 1 lb Sugar @6 1. 6
5 Beef 2/11. ½ lb Tea 1/6 4. 5
2 lb Sugar 1/- 8 ½ Bread 2 ½ 3. 1 ½
1 lb Beef 3/6. 4 lb Bread 1/- 4. 6
2 ½ Bread 7 ½ 2 Sugar 1/ 1. 7 ½
5 lb Beef 2/11. 3 ½ Bread 1/1 ½ 4. 0 ½
Cad over 3. 11. 0
Brought forward 3. 11. 0
½ lb Soap @5 4 lb Bread 1/ - 1. 5
½ lb Tea 1/6 5 Beef 2/11 4. 5
3 ½ Bread 10 ½ 5/2 Bread 1/4 ½ 2. 3
8 lb Beef 4/8, 4 Bread 1/- 5. 8 [this entry crossed out]
2 ¼ Gallons Beer 2/- 4. 6
£4. 9. 3 [this entry crossed out]
4. 3. 7
Cr
By 11 days work 1.16.8
“ Reapg Barley 1.1.29 14/- 1.0.0
Thrashing 22 bush @ 7d 12.10
Making Hay Stack 1.0.0 4.9.6
Balce in favour of Fox 5/11

Contextual information

This is one of a collection of 16 documents associated with John Fox that were left at Maley's Store. Together they provide detailed information of Fox's life as a ticket-of-leave man.

Keywords
Convict
Place made
Western Australia, Australia
Year
Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Scientific or research significance
Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
Object’s condition or completeness
Well provenanced
Last modified
Monday, 25 May, 2026
Completeness
100
Greenough Museum and Gardens

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Invoice from John Cook to John Fox
Invoice from John Cook to John Fox

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