Promissory note from Francis Ventura

1865
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.

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Registration number
cwa-org-72-GMOB1363
Item type
Material
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.

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Greenough Museum and Gardens

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Promissory note from Francis Ventura
Promissory note for William Kirton from Francis Ventura.

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