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Promissory note from John McDonnell
1867Subcollections
Overview
hand written note on grey paper
Historical information
John McDonnell (1838-84) was a free settler who worked as a labourer at "Glengarry", then as a tenant farmer on Walkaway (the Hamersley Est) for 17 years. He drowned in the Greenough River. He was described as being illiterate.
David Tunney (1832-?) was convicted of robbery with violence and sent to Western Australia in 1864 (no.8139).
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-72-GMOB1670
Item type
Documents
Material
Colored Paper
Ink
Width
93 mm
Height or length
148 mm
Inscriptions and markings
May the 17th 1867
Mr Maley
Plais to Pay the Bearer Daniel Tunney the sum of eight shillings s8 in stoars and place it to my a count
John MacDonnell
Entd 17/5/67 V Trew
Contextual information
This is the only note in the archives associated with Tunney.
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Western Australia, Australia
Year
Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
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Comparative significance criteria
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Object’s condition or completeness
Rare or representative
Well provenanced
Last modified
Thursday, 23 December, 2021
Completeness
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