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Store order from Thomas Rhodes

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Thomas Rhodes

1869

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written note on paper. Has some insect damage and staining.

Historical information

This note was written by John Rhodes (1842-1893) a farmer at Greenough, on behalf of his brother, Thomas Rhodes (1846-?) who was also a farmer at Greenough.
John Newman (1832-?) was a collier with numerous convictions. He was sent to WA in 1864 on the Clara (convict no. 7806) and worked for numerous masters at Greenough.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1767

Item type

Letters

Themes

People

Social History

Material

Paper

Width

180 mm

Height or length

112 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Greenough Flats July 7th 1869
Mr J Maley Please to let jno Newman have one Hat and two pair Socks charge to my a/c and Oblige
Yours etc pro Thomas Rhodes
Jno Rhodes
7/7/69 W.A.

Contextual information

This is the only note in the Maley Mill & Store Archives relating to John Newman.

Keywords

Greenough

Place made

Greenough, Western Australia, Australia

Year

1869

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