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Apology & store order from Henry Adams

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Henry Adams

1876

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand-written note on blue paper, part of left side & bottom left corner missing.

Historical information

Henry Adams (1830-?) was a groom & horse breaker, convicted in Edinburgh in 1852 of theft. As he had 6 previous convictions, he was sentenced for 7years. Adams was sent to WA on the Runnymede in 1856 (convict no.4104).
By 1857 he was working in Champion Bay.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1946

Item type

Letters

Material

Paper

Width

123 mm

Height or length

202 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Greenough Flats
June 10th /76
Mr Maley Sir
I did not look at my cart note before I went to the …ill or I should have known …ow much was coming to me I …ope you will not think any the worse of me for taking it as it …as a mistake of mine but I have returned it the same how I got it
Yours
H Adams
…ease to send by the bearer 1 bottle pain Killer and 1 cork screw … of pepper and ½ lb of ground ginger
H Adams
Ent ac

Contextual Information

We have four other notes from Henry Adams in the Maley Mill & Store Archives, all written between January and June 1876. They provide evidence Adams was working at Greenough at that time.

Keywords

Greenough

Place made

Greenough
Western Australia
Australia

Year

1876

Primary significance criteria

Scientific or research significance

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