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Letter formed into an envelope from James Slaven

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James Slaven

1865

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand-written note on paper folded to form an envelope. Address to sender written on other side.

Historical information

James Slaven (or Slavin) (c1831-1916) was a former Private 34th Regt and a veteran of the Crimean War. Married c1859 in Killskarey Co., Tyrone Catherine Carrol. Arrived per Merchantman as an Enrolled Pensioner Guard on 15/02/1863 with wife and children, and was granted two blocks of land at Greenough.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1385

Item type

Letters

Themes

Social History

Material

Writing Paper

Width

69 mm

Height or length

112 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Inside - Champion Bay June 20
Please will you supply the bearer with flour tea & sugar meat & tobacco
your humble servant James Slaven
Outside -
Greenough Flats June 20 [crossed out]
For Mr Maley
Greenough Flats
20 June 65
Slaven
Order Rations

Contextual Information

We have numerous notes from Slaven in the Maley Mill & Store Archives. This note shows the resourcefulness of people when paper was in short supply at Greenough.

Keywords

Enrolled Pensioner Guard, Greenough

Maley

Place made

Greenough, Western Australia, Australia

Year

1865

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

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