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Letter from Mary Connolly

Mary Connolly
1865
Subcollections
Maley Mill and Store Archives
Overview

hand written letter on paper

Historical information

Mary Connolly (nee Spice) (1815-92) married John Connolly in 1831 in Perth. The couple were to have 10 children before his death in 1852. Mary then moved with her children to Greenough where she farmed. She is credited as being the first woman at Greenough to take up land.
Edward Holmes (1839-91) was a bricklayer convicted of larceny. He was sent to Western Australia in 1859 (no.5549). He worked as a bricklayer for numerous people at Greenough.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-72-GMOB1519
Item type
Letters
Themes
People
Social History
Material
Ink
Writing Paper
Width
108 mm
Height or length
180 mm
Depth
1 mm
Inscriptions and markings

Flats Oct 30th /65
Mr Mailey
Please to let the Bearer Edward Holmes Have one Bag of Flour and Place the same to my Acount and you will oblige
Mary Connolly
PS send the Invoice By the Bearer

Contextual Information

This is the only record in the archives of Holmes working at Greenough.

Keywords
Greenough
Place made
Greenough
Western Australia
Australia
Year
1865
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Letter from Mary Connolly
Order for flour from Mary Connolly 30/10/1865

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