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Store order from Thomas Gibbons

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Thomas Gibbons

1865

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand-written note on paper

Historical information

Thomas Gibbons (1830-?) was a carter convicted of assault and robbery. He was sent to Western Australia in 1858 (no.5802). By the time this note was written he had been granted his Conditional Freedom.
Valentine Trew (1838-1910) was a Ticket-of-Leave man working as a storekeeper for John S. Maley at Greenough.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1545

Item type

Documents

Themes

People

Social History

Material

Ink

Paper

Width

117 mm

Height or length

112 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Greenough Flats July15th/65
Sir please to send me by the bearer two pairs of socks one cotton handkerchief six pennyworth of Lolleys you will oblige
Thomas Gibbons
supplied 15/7/65 no socks V Trew

Contextual information

This is the only note in the archives associated with Gibbons. Otherwise very little is known about him.

Keywords

Greenough

Place made

Greenough, Western Australia, Australia

Year

1865

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Scientific or research significance

Social or spiritual significance