Letter from Walter Scott to J.S. Maley re errors

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Walter Scott

1865

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Overview

This item consists of two documents, and hand written letter in ink on two sides of paper with several small holes, and a hand written account in ink on blue lined paper.

Historical information

The author of the letter, Walter Scott was the son of the late Captain Daniel Scott (died 20/02/1865), a merchant and mine owner in Geraldton.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1259

Item type

Documents

Themes

Agriculture

Material

Paper

Width

267 mm

Height or length

210 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Champion Bay
July 18 1865
Mr J.S. Maley
Sir
In comparing your half yearly mill returns with our books, we find the following errors.
1865 Jun 12 Return shows 1032lbs Pollard and Mill note now says 1032lbs Bran which was right.
Apr 7 351 lbs Pollard received not shown in return.
Your mill return shows a balance of 106 bags due to you and granting that we owed you 101 at the beginning of this year, you cannot make us in debt more than 98 which we consider as correct, you will have the goodness to rectify the forementioned errors, which will show a balance in our favor as follows
332 lbs Pollard
6398 “ Bran
You have entirely forgotten to send us a return of the barley received into the mill and the deliveries to us.
We send enclosed a copy as our book shows it to be 491 lbs still due now – which I think you must acknowledge as correct.
Yours truly
Walter Scott

Contextual information

These documents highlight the problems associated with accurate record keeping at Maley's Mill.

Keywords

Maley's Mill

Place made

Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia

Year

1865

Primary significance criteria

Scientific or research significance

Comparative significance criteria

Well provenanced