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Promissory note from James Pearce

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James Pearce

1865

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written note on paper

Historical information

James Pearce (1812-1879) was an unmarried miner convicted of firing a barley stack in 1849 and sentenced for 15 years. He arrived in WA in 1851 on the Mermaid (convict no. 302). In 1854 he married Mary Ann Sheehan and moved to Greenough where he farmed and worked as a stonemason. The couple were to have 13 children, but most died in infancy.
Thomas Tomlinson (1842-1891) was a bookbinder with numerous convictions. He was sent to WA in 1863 on the Lord Dalhousie (convict no. 7656). He worked for numerous men at Greenough and Irwin.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1565

Item type

Letters

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Paper

Width

114 mm

Height or length

180 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Greenough flats August 21 1865
Dr Jhon Maley Sir
Please to let the bearer Tho Tomlinson have to the amount of stores three pouns Egight Shillings and three pence
James Pearce
Entd 21/8/65 V Trew

Contextual Information

This is the only note associated with Thomas Tomlinson in the Maley Mill & Store Archives.

Keywords

Greenough

Place made

Greenough
Western Australia
Australia

Year

1865

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