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Store order from Isabella Brand

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Isabella Brand

1865

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written note on paper that had been folded into an intricate small square on the diagonal. Two punched holes.

Historical information

This note was written by Isabella, wife of former convict George Brand. When Brand established a farm at North Greenough he arranged for his wife and children to leave Scotland and join him in the colony.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1514

Item type

Letters

Themes

Communication

Material

Writing Paper

Width

113 mm

Height or length

165 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Balmoral Farm October 20th 1865
Mr Maley please send by Cox 4 doz matches 1 packet starch 3 1/2 yds black stuff 6 yds black or blue binding and some writing paper and you will oblige me
Isabella Brand

Contextual information

This is one of only two notes in the Maley Mill & Store Archives written by Isabella Brand.
The confident style of writing is notable in a period when many women were illiterate.

Keywords

Greenough

Place made

Greenough, Western Australia, Australia

Year

1865

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Well provenanced