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Request for bran & pollard from Hugh Hamersley

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Hugh Hamersley

1876

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written note in ink on paper with faint lines and fold marks

Historical information

Hugh Hamersley was a pastoralist at Greenough.
Pyrton was a Hamersley family property at Guildford.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB2020

Item type

Documents

Themes

Material

Paper

Width

204 mm

Height or length

102 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Pyrton 26th April /76
Dear Maley If you have any pollard or bran of mine send it down by first chance the price is up, bran P... Pollard P11..
In haste Remember me
etc etc yours truly
Hugh Hamersley
on reverse: April 1876 H Hamersley re Bran & Pollard

Contextual information

This is the only note written by Hugh Hamersley in the Maley Mill & Store Archives.

Place made

Guildford, Western Australia, Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Scientific or research significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Last modified

Monday, 1 June, 2026

Completeness

100

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Request for bran & pollard from Hugh Hamersley

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