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Greenough Museum and Gardens > Records

Promissory note from John McDonnell

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1867

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

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).

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Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1670

Item type

Themes

People
Social History

Material

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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Promissory Note

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Western Australia
Australia

Year

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