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Letter from George Pearson

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George Pearson

1878

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written letter on paper

Historical information

George Pearson (1833-?) was a clerk convicted of uttering forged bank notes and sent to Western Australia in 1864 (no.7817). At the time of writing this letter he was working at Greenough as a school teacher. Pearson returned to England in 1882.
John Rogers (1828-?) was a miner convicted of rape and sent to Western Australia in 1865 (no.8401). He came to Greenough for work in February 1877.
Arthur Dean was a storeman for John S. Maley at Greenough.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB2178

Item type

Letters

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Ink

Paper

Width

150 mm

Height or length

110 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

"5th January 1878
Mr Arthur Dean
Would you oblige me by letting the Bearer, John Rogers, have a half dozen of porter on my account. I had a half dozen yesterday, you can deduct the price of both 18/- from the School account now due.
yours truly
Geo: Pearson"

Contextual information

This is the only note in the archives associated with John Rogers.

Place made

Western Australia, Australia

Year

1878

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Well provenanced

Last modified

Sunday, 16 January, 2022