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Greenough Museum and Gardens > Records

Letter of resignation from John Gear

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1877

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand-written letter on paper

Historical information

John Gear was former convict no.3119. He received his Conditional Pardon on 14/11/1860 at Champion Bay. He later worked as a shepherd for J.S. Maley at Greenough.
He was described as being semi-literate.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB2099

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

110 mm

Height or length

180 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

August 1st 1877
To Mr J S maley
Sir This is to certify that I the undersigned do hereby give notice to leave in a month from the above date on the first day of September 1877
I remain your obediant servant
John Geer
J S Mr J S Maley

Contextual information

This is a rare example of a letter of resignation from a humble working man.

Keywords

Ticket-of-Leave

Place made

Greenough, Western Australia, Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Last modified

Tuesday, 22 July, 2025

Completeness

100

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