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Promissory note from Charles Sims to Thomas Carroll

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Charles Sims

1876

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand-written note on grey paper with pink vertical stripes. Punched hole in centre

Historical information

Charles Sims, the writer of this note was a former convict who went on to become a tenant farmer for Hugh Hamersley at Well Station on the Back Flats at Greenough.
Thomas Carroll (1832-?) was a labourer and then a farmer at Greenough.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1985

Item type

Letters

Material

Paper

Width

160 mm

Height or length

103 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

P1.13.0 Well Station Feb the 2.1876
to Mr J.S. Maley Sir Please Pay to thomas Carroll the Sum of one Pound thirteen shillings on my acc
Chas Sims
entd

Contextual information

There are only two notes associated with Thomas Carroll in the Maley Mill & Store Archives, and both we written by Charles Sims, thus providing evidence of Carroll's employment.

Keywords

Promissory Note

Place made

Greenough, Western Australia, Australia

Year

1876

Primary significance criteria

Scientific or research significance

Comparative significance criteria

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Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative