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Store order from John Gallacher

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John Gallacher

1866

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand-written note on blue paper, holes caused by insect damage on right side.

Historical information

John Gallacher (c1809-1866) was formerly a Private in 92nd Regt. He arrived per "Dudbrook" 7/2/1853 as an Enrolled Pensioner Guard. Married 1st 10/5/1852 (Dundee) Sarah Brewitt (of Scotland). Married 2nd 19/8/1865 Elizabeth Pettit (widow). Granted 33 1/2 acres Greenough.
Valentine Trew was a ticket-of-leave man who worked as a storekeeper for John Maley at Greenough.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1577

Item type

Letters

Material

Paper

Width

200 mm

Height or length

58 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Greenough Flats May 12/66
Mr V Trew Sir please to give the bearer one pair of Trousers and 1/2lb of Tobacco you will much oblige
John Gallacher
Entd 12/8/66 V Trew

Contextual Information

Whilst we have two other notes written by John Gallacher in the Maley Mill & Store Archives, this one is of interest as it was written only 18 days before his death.

Keywords

Enrolled Pensioner Guard, Greenough

Place made

Greenough, Western Australia, Australia

Year

1866

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced