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Promissory note from Francis Ventura
1865Subcollections
Overview
hand written letter on paper
Historical information
Francis Ventura (1834-1927) came to Western Australian with the Benedictines in 1849. He later married Catherine Keefe and farmed at Greenough.
William Kirton (1838-?) was convicted of robbery and came to Western Australia in 1862 (no.6353). He and his wife left for South Australia three months after this note was written.
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-72-GMOB1363
Item type
Documents
Material
Ink
Paper
Width
180 mm
Height or length
113 mm
Inscriptions and markings
May 29th 1865
Mr J Maley
Sir please to let the Bearer Wm Kirton have good to the amount of Five shillings & place the same to my account
0.5.0 Francis Ventura
Contextual information
This is the only note we have associated with Kirton in the archives.
Keywords
Place made
Western Australia, Australia
Year
Primary significance criteria
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
Object’s condition or completeness
Rare or representative
Well provenanced
Last modified
Saturday, 18 December, 2021
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