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Store order from L.C. Burges

Lockier Clere Burges
1865
Subcollections
Maley Mill and Store Archives
Overview

hand written letter on watermarked paper

Historical information

Lockier Clere Burges (1814-86) was a free settler who went into partnership with E. Hamersley and S.P. Phillips to take up pastoral land at Irwin and Greenough.
James Murphy (1834-?) was convicted of robbery with violence and was sent to Western Australia in 1858 (no.4856).

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-72-GMOB1403
Item type
Documents
Themes
People
Social History
Material
Ink
Writing Paper
Width
115 mm
Height or length
180 mm
Inscriptions and markings

July 10th 1865
To Mr John Mayley
Please let the bearer James Murphy have two lines and a camp oven.
LC Burges

Contextual information

This note is proof Murphy was working in this region.

Keywords
Maley
Place made
Western Australia, Australia
Year
1865
Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Scientific or research significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
Object’s condition or completeness
Rare or representative
Well provenanced
Last modified
Saturday, 18 December, 2021
Completeness
100
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Store order from L.C. Burges
Store order from L.C. Burges dated 10/07/1865

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