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Request for a rifle from Charles Fisher

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Charles Fisher

1876

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written note on paper

Historical information

Charles Fisher (1829-1889) was a bricklayer convicted of raping a minor and sentenced to 15 years. He arrived in WA on the Adelaide in 1855 (convict no. 3589). He worked as a bricklayer at Greenough.
John Joseph Patience (1859-1935) was the oldest son of John Patience (convict no. 2) and farmed at Greenough.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB2064

Item type

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Width

175 mm

Height or length

112 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Greenough Feb 21st -76
Mr J S Maley
Please to let the bearer Jos Patience have a Rifle and place the same to my account
Charles Fisher

Contextual information

This is the only note in the Maley Mill & Store Archives associated with Charles Fisher and John Joseph Patience.

Keywords

Place made

Greenough, Western Australia, Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Last modified

Thursday, 5 May, 2022

Completeness

100

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Note requesting a rifle from Charles Fisher

Request for a rifle from Charles Fisher, written on 21/02/1876.

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