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Greenough Museum and Gardens > Records

Letter from William Caple

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William Caple

1876

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written letter in ink on paper with minor damage to left edge

Historical information

William Caple served as a police constable at Greenough.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB2006

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

112 mm

Height or length

175 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

January 12th 1876
Mr J S Maley
Sir I heare with Enclose you the sum of £1..0..0 one pound for which I trust you will place thy same to my account
yours truly
Wm Caple
thy account that I have sent you was rendered in 1873 when I was living on the Flats

Contextual information

This is the only letter written by Caple in these archives.

Keywords

Place made

Western Australia, Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Scientific or research significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Last modified

Friday, 1 August, 2025

Completeness

100

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