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Greenough Museum and Gardens > Records

Promissory note from John Bridge

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John Bridge

1868

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written note on a scrap of blue paper

Historical information

John Bridge (1822-84) was a shoemaker convicted of robbery with violence and sent to Western Australia in 1854 (no.2664).
George Osborn (1834-?) was also a shoemaker convicted of uttering forged notes and sent to Western Australia in 1864 (no.7812). He returned to England in 1876.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1732

Item type

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Width

102 mm

Height or length

198 mm

Inscriptions and markings

October 17th
Mr Maley
Please pay george osborne 10 shillings and place the same to my account
John Brige
Entd 17/10/68 V Trew

Contextual information

This note provides evidence of the scarcity of writing paper at Greenough at that time. It is also the only record in the archives that shows Bridge was working at Greenough.

Keywords

Promissory Note

Place made

Western Australia, Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Last modified

Thursday, 23 December, 2021

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