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Greenough Museum and Gardens > Records

Promissory note from Francis Ventura

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Francis Ventura

1866

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written note on paper with faint blue lines and pink stripes

Historical information

Francis Ventura (1834-1927) arrived per "Ferrolana" 30/12/1849 with the Benedictines. He left New Norcia and moved to Greenough where he married Catherine Sheehy in 1862. Farmer at Greenough.
Isaac Cresswell (1826-80) had numerous convictions for theft and was sent to Western Australia in 1863 (no.7376).

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Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1603

Item type

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Width

164 mm

Height or length

76 mm

Inscriptions and markings

May 30th 1866.
Mr J. Maley
please to let Isaac Cresswell have goods to the amount of one pound & place the same to my account
Francis Ventura
Entd 31/5/66

Contextual Information

This is the only note associated with Cresswell in the archives and provides evidence he worked at Greenough.

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Promissory Note

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Western Australia
Ascension Island

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