Store order from William Sutherland
1865hand written note on a scrap of lined paper.
William Sutherland (b.1827) was a Scottish labourer convicted in 1858 of house breaking and theft and sentenced for 10 years. He arrived in WA on the Palmerston in 1861 (no.5808). By 1863 he was working at Greenough, and by 1866 was farming there.
Valentine Trew (convict no. 6753) worked as a storekeeper for John Maley at Greenough from 1865-69.
Robert Bell (b.1826) was a farmer at Greenough, and a member of the Greenough Roads Board (1871). He died in January 1877.
Details
Details
Sep 30th
To V Trew please send by bearer one lb Tobacco & 2 pounds Currens
Sgnd Sutherland
per Robert Bell
entd 30/9/65 V Trew
This is the only note in the Maley Mill & Store archives associated with William Sutherland. As Sutherland was semi-illiterate, this note was probably written for him by Robert Bell.
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