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Promissory note from S. Clifton

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Stephen Clifton

1868

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written note on paper.

Historical information

The writer of the note, Stephen Clifton (1832-1900) was convicted of firing a barn and sentenced for 10 years. He came to WA in 1852 on the Marion (convict no. 1003). By the 1860s he was farming at Greenough.
William Ashford (1827-1873) had multiple convictions and was sent to WA in 1863 on the Clyde (convict no. 7003). By 1863 he was working in Champion Bay.
Valentine Trew (1838-1931) was a ticket-of-leave man (convict no. 6753) working as a clerk for John S. Maley at Greenough.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1724

Item type

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Width

177 mm

Height or length

108 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Greenough Flats Sept 22nd /68
Mr Maley Sir - will you please let W. Ashford have to the amount of 18/- in stores and place the same to my account
S. Clifton
Entd 22/9/68 V Trew

Contextual Information

This is the only note in the Maley Mill & Store archives from Stephen Clifton.

Keywords

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Greenough
Western Australia
Australia

Year

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Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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