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Peter Saunders account with Crowther & Co

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1882

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written account on blue paper with pink vertical stripes, some staining.

Historical information

Currently all that we have on Peter Saunders is that he was born 1863 and died in Geraldton in 1941.
Crowther & Co was a retail business operating in Geraldton.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB2565

Item type

Themes

Economic Development

Material

Width

162 mm

Height or length

402 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Geraldton
July 1st 1882
Mr Peter Saunders
Dr to Crowther & Co
1882
Jan 3 Fish 1/- Bread 4d 4 Sardines 1/- Bread 4d 2 8
20 Pills 1/6 25 1 1/2yds Canvas @2/3 3/4 1/2 11 10 1/2
25 Line 2/- Tea 5/- Tobacco 2/9 Matches 6d 10 3
Salmon 7/6 Bread 8d Bag Flour 35/- 2 3 2
1 Bag 1/- Oats 4.12 @5/6 23/8 1 4 8
1 Bale 3/6 28 Soap 2/- Nitre 6d Pipe 1/6 7 6
30 Cash 5/- 5 0
Feb 1 Set shaft Harness 7 10 6
[?] 5/- Bristles 1/- Hemp 1/- 7 0
Awls 6 15lbs Harness Leather @2/- 30/- 1 10 6
Hay Knife 9/6 Stone 1/- 10 6
4 Bread 1/- Bacon 9/- Twine 1/- Line 1/3 12 3
Adze 6/6 Bran 2/- Sardines 1/4 9 10
9 Rope 4/6 Collar 20/- Line 1/- Hames 7/6 1 13 0
Paid W. Saunders 100 0 0
1 Dray 15 0 0
Cr P132 11 2 1/2
1882
Jan 2 By Balance a/c [?] 22 17 2
R Balance P109 14 0 1/2
Transferred to a/c
with Shenton Crowther &Co
Crowther &Co
WS

Contextual information

This is the only document associated with Peter Saunders in these archives.

Place made

Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Scientific or research significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Last modified

Saturday, 17 January, 2026

Completeness

100

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