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Order for a coat from John Eakins

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John Eakins

1878

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written note in ink on a scrap of blue-grey paper.

Historical information

John Eakins was a farmer at Greenough.
John Gilbert worked as a labourer for the Eakins.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB2189

Item type

Documents

Themes

Material

Paper

Width

200 mm

Height or length

120 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Greenough August 26th 1878
Mr Maley Please to let J Gilbert have 1 coat on my a/c you will oblige
John Eakins
E

Contextual information

This is the only note in the Maley Mill & Store Archives associated with John Gilbert.

Keywords

Greenough

Place made

Greenough, Western Australia, Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Scientific or research significance

Comparative significance criteria

Well provenanced

Last modified

Sunday, 31 May, 2026

Completeness

100

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