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Promissory note from Thomas Craine

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Thomas Craine

1866

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written note on blue paper

Historical information

The writer of this note, Thomas Craine (c1835-1907) was a married farmer convicted of sheep stealing and sentenced to 10 years. He arrived in WA in 1862 on the Norwood (convict no. 6265). Craine worked as a mason in the Champion Bay region.
David Baird (1823-?) was a mason convicted of housebreaking and sent to WA in 1858 on the Lord Raglan (convict no. 4914).

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1591

Item type

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Width

100 mm

Height or length

85 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

May 25th/66
Mr JS Maley
Sir Please to give the bearer David Baird goods to the amount of 12s.10d twelve shillings and ten pence place the same to my account
Thomas Craine
Entd 27/5/66 V Trew

Contextual Information

This is the only note in the Maley Mill & Store Archives from Thomas Craine, and the only note to reference David Baird.

Keywords

Promissory Note

Place made

Western Australia
Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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