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Letter from J. Walker to V. Trew

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J. Walker

1865

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

handwritten note on paper that has been folded to reduce size

Historical information

Further research is required to identify J. Walker, author of this letter.
Valentine Trew was working as a bookkeeper for J.S. Maley at Greenough.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1253

Item type

Documents

Material

Writing Paper

Width

255 mm

Height or length

202 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Winchester House
Geraldton Mar 9/65
Dear Sir
I received your note of Invoice enclosed and have rectified the error £ 5.8.0 – not £ 5.18.0. I must own it was rather a careless error but I do not wonder at it particularly considering the complication of affairs that I have to look after and think about you know pretty well yourself it is something in this style I am preparing the Invoice somebody calls out “Enter” I leave it and enter I finish that and have another try another comes and wants to look into their old (?) a/c and perhaps after that their new a/c and what with one thing & the other I have enough to think about and a few mistakes are excusable I am obliged for your trouble in rectifying this one I will be very careful in future I send you Invoices of sundries sent last week it is as well for you to have them so as to keep you Invoice Book straight Mr Maley has not yet returned the Diamond I wanted to use of Yesterday please see to this
Yours truly
J Walker
For Geo Shenton & Co
Mr V Trew

Contextual Information

This letter provides information as to the difficulty of maintaining accurate financial records. One can sympathize with the author.

Keywords

Geraldton

Place made

Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia

Year

1865

Primary significance criteria

Scientific or research significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity