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Receipt issued to John Fox by F.W. Pearson

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Francis Watson Pearson

1865

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written note in ink on both sides of a piece of paper that had been folded four times.

Historical information

John Fox was convict no. 4951 who worked as a ticket-of-leave man at Toodyay, then Greenough.
Francis Watson Pearson was the owner and landlord of the Hampton Hotel at Greenough.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB2253

Item type

Documents

Themes

Communication

Material

Paper

Width

200 mm

Height or length

114 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Greenough Flats Nov 2/65
Received from John Fox the sum of ten pounds and I promis to pay to John Fox the above sum the above is not payable to any person but to John Fox.
F.W. Pearson
On reverse:
John Fox Received on this order the Sum of two pounds on the 2 Nov/65

Contextual information

There are 16 documents associated with John Fox that were left at Maley's Store. They provide details of where he worked and stayed as a ticket-of-leave men.
In the absence of banks in many rural regions, the hotel owner occasionally took on that role, as is evidenced by this note.

Keywords

Greenough

Place made

Greenough, Western Australia, Australia

Year

1865

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Scientific or research significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced