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Greenough Museum and Gardens > Records

Promissory note from Francis Ventura

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Francis Ventura

1865

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

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

Themes

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.

Keywords

Promissory Note

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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Promissory note from Francis Ventura

Promissory note for William Kirton from Francis Ventura.

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