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Greenough Museum and Gardens > Records

Reference letter for J. Fox

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Mr. Drummond

1861

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Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written reference letter

Historical information

John Fox (1816-66) was a butcher convicted of defrauding the Excise and transported to the colony on the Lord Raglan in 1858 (no.4951). He worked at Newcastle (now Toodyay) before moving to Greenough.
The Drummonds were extensive property holders at Toodyay.

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cwa-org-72-GMOB2261

Item type

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Width

232 mm

Height or length

180 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

I have known the bearer John Fox for a period of Eighteen months six months of which time he lived in my service as a butcher and conducted himself respectably
Toodyay
Drummond
August 23/61.

Contextual Information

This document provides evidence of the working life of a ticket-of-leave man.

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Toodyay
Western Australia
Australia

Year

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Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

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Well provenanced

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