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Order for flour from John McGrath

John McGrath
1865
Subcollections
Maley Mill and Store Archives
Overview

hand written note in ink on grey paper with pink horizontal lines

Historical information

John McGrath arrived as an Enrolled Pensioner Guard aboard the "William Jardine" on 01/08/1852. Formerly a Private 87th Regt. Moved to Greenough c1856. Granted G9 & G10 in 1868.
John Brown was a CP man. Working as a farm labourer he died of heart disease, aged 35 at Alex Dewar's farm, Greenough in 1868.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-72-GMOB1441
Item type
Letters
Themes
Communication
Material
Paper
Width
124 mm
Height or length
60 mm
Depth
1 mm
Inscriptions and markings

September the 8 1865
Mr Maley please sir to let John Brown have one bag of flour on my acount John McGrath

Contextual information

This is the only note associated with John Brown in the Maley Mill & Store Archives.

Keywords
Flour
Place made
Greenough, Western Australia, Australia
Year
1865
Primary significance criteria
Scientific or research significance
Comparative significance criteria
Object’s condition or completeness
Rare or representative
Well provenanced
Last modified
Wednesday, 15 July, 2026
Completeness
100
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Order for flour from John McGrath
Order for flour from John McGrath

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