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Promissory note from R. Bell for J. Baldwin

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Robert Bell

1867

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand-written note on paper, one punched hole in paper.

Historical information

Robert Bell (1826-77) arrived per 'Success' in 1843 as an agricultural labourer to W. L. Brockman at Upper Swan. Married Maria Smith, and by 1866 was a farmer at Greenough. He was a member of the Greenough Roads Board in 1871 and secretary of the Greenough Mechanics Institute in 1874.
Joseph Baldwin (1837-?) was a soldier court martialed in Dinapore, Bihar State, India in 1860 for mutinous behavior as one of the two leaders of the Dinapore Mutiny and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was sent to WA on York in 1862 (convict no.6523) and worked at Greenough in the 1860s.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1675

Item type

Letters

Material

Paper

Width

178 mm

Height or length

58 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Greenough May 28th 67
Mr Maley please to let the barer J Baldwin have stores to the amount of two pounds on my act
2.0-0 R Bell
Entd 29/5/67 V Trew

Contextual Information

Whilst we have numerous notes associated with Robert Bell, this is one of only two notes in the Maley Mill & Store Archives associated with Joseph Baldwin.

Keywords

Greenough

Place made

Greenough
Western Australia
Australia

Year

1867

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