Reference letter for J. Fox

1863
Overview

hand written reference letter on grey paper.

Historical information

John Fox (1816-66) was a butcher convicted of defrauding the Excise and transported to the colony on the Lord Raglan in 1858 (no.4951). He worked at Newcastle (now Toodyay) before moving to Greenough.
Charles Samuel Monger (1838-94) was a business manager and owner at Toodyay.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-72-GMOB2254
Item type
Material
Width
200 mm
Height or length
130 mm
Depth
1 mm
Inscriptions and markings

Newcastle April 2nd 1863
This is to certify that I do this day discharge John Fox haveing no further employment for him at present and I believe him to be a honest hardworking Man.
C.S. Monger

Contextual Information

The museum has a number of documents associated with John Fox that were left in Maley's Store following his death in 1866. They provide valuable information about the work of a ticket-of-leave man.

Place made
Toodyay
Western Australia
Australia
Year
Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
Rare or representative
Well provenanced
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J. Fox reference letter
Reference letter written by C.S. Monger for John Fox.

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