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Letter from L.J. Bayley

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Lewis J. Bayley

1865

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

Hand-written letter on blue paper

Historical information

At the time of writing Lewis John Bayley was Resident Magistrate at Geraldton. Whilst Phelps, Shenton and Gale were merchants.
James Rudd (1818-64) was a former convict sent to Western Australia in 1851 (no.275). He had a Tillage Lease at an area now known as Rudds Gully, just south of Geraldton. Rudd had a record of being in conflict with the Aboriginal people. Rudd then took up a pastoral lease at Butterabby, Upper Irwin and was murdered in October 1864 by aborigines ‘Mumbleby and Bill’.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1292

Item type

Letters

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Colored Paper

Ink

Width

193 mm

Height or length

162 mm

Inscriptions and markings

In re Rudd L J Bayley letter
Geraldton
March 9. 1865
Dear Sir,
The enclosed leter was directed to me which I suppose must have been a mistake I do not know who it ought to be sent to I intended to have returned it sooner but mislaid it
I believe either Phelps Shenton or Gale are administrators to the Estate
Yours truly
Lewis J Bayley
Mr J Maley
Greenough

Contextual Information

This is the only note we have associated with Rudd (a controversial character), in the archives.

Keywords

Maley

Place made

Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia

Year

1865

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