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Store order from Mary Major

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Mary Major

1876

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

Hand-written letter on both sides of a sheet of paper that has been folded in half. Damaged along crease.

Historical information

Mary was the wife of Thomas Major, of Glengarry Station, east of Geraldton.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB2056

Item type

Letters

Themes

Communication

Material

Writing Paper

Width

227 mm

Height or length

183 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Glengarry
Sunday 23rd Jan
My dear Mrs Maley
Mr Major will call at your house tomorrow & return some of the boots you kindly lent me last week. I have kept three pairs the brown 10/6 & the stiff without heels 7/6, the kid fitted me but I do not like the elastic, it wears badly – Many thanks for the patterns, will you send me 6 yards of the 2/6d alpaca and 3 yds of very fine black muslin or black ?ailatane would do send 2 white reels of No 30 clarks’ cotton any other makers’ will do should you not have Clarks, also one yard of black sarsenet ribbon ½ inch wide. Will you please to enable Mr Major to bring it.
Hoping you are all well and with one smile kind regards
Believe me
Yrs very sincerely
Mary J. Major
P.s. Should you have any white braid about ½ inch wide would you send me 4 yd it is for the bottom of a white muslin dress the broad wavy braid or any fancy braid would suit. Over
Also 4 yds black braid for bottom of stiff dress ½ inch wide

Contextual information

This is the only letter from Mary Major in the Maley Mill & Store Archives.

Keywords

Clothes

Place made

Glengarry, Western Australia, Australia

Year

1876

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity