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Store order from S. Butt

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Samuel Butt

1865

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written note on a scrap of paper

Historical information

Samuel Butt served as arrived as a private in the 91st Regt. and arrived as an Enrolled Pensioner Guard on the "Scindian" on 01/06/1850 with wife Fanny and 3 children. He was granted Greenough Lots G19 & G20.
Samuel died of a liver complaint in 1868.
His nearest shop was John Maley's General Store which opened in 1863 adjacent to the flourmill. There are another four store orders from Butt in these archives.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1299

Item type

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Width

114 mm

Height or length

54 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Greenough Flats March 20th 1865
Mr Maley please send by the bearer 1/2 lb of acid
S Butt

Contextual information

Over 30 Enrolled Pensioner Guards and their families were sent to Greenough were they struggled to survive on farms of about 32 acres of land.

Keywords

Enrolled Pensioner Guard, Greenough

Place made

Greenough, Western Australia, Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced

Last modified

Friday, 3 December, 2021

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Store order from Samuel Butt

Store order written by Samuel Butt on 20th March 1865

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