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Greenough Museum and Gardens > Records

Store order from W.F. Waldeck for W. Ainsworth

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William F. Waldeck

1865

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Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand-written note on paper

Historical information

The author of the note, William Frederick Waldeck (1839-84) was the son of Frederick & Fredericke Waldeck, and from 1858 farmed at Greenough.
William Ainsworth (1820-?) was a waiter convicted in 1851 of larceny. He was sent to WA on the William Jardine in 1852 (convict no.1316). He worked in various regions of the colony.

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Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1567

Item type

Material

Width

112 mm

Height or length

180 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Aug 11/65
Mr J Maley Please let W. Ainsworth have 2 shirts a Hat and a pair of Trousers and place the same to my a/c
W.F. Waldeck
Entd 12/8/65 V Trew

Contextual Information

This is the only note associated with William Ainsworth in the Maley Mill & Store Archives. From this note we know he worked at Greenough in 1865.

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Greenough Museum and Gardens

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Store order from W.F. Waldeck for W. Ainsworth

Store order from W.F. Waldeck for W. Ainsworth

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