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Letter from William Grant

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William Grant

1865

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written letter

Historical information

"Greenough Flats
Mr Maley
Sir
As the season is so very bad and I have no crop I shall not be able to meet your bill this year unless you take a fat beast or two as that is the only way I shall be able to pay you back this year. I will take the balance out in flour if it will suit you.
Sir will you oblige me with letting me have a bag or two of flour and you will greatly oblige please send word by the bearer tell the bearer when you want the cattle so as I have known.
Yours truly
William Grant had arrived in the colony in 1855 with his wife Mary. At the time of writing he was farming at Greenough. John Stephen Maley managed a flour mill at Greenough.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1255

Item type

Letters

Themes

Environment
People
Social History

Material

Ink

Writing Paper

Width

111 mm

Height or length

180 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

On reverse: October 65
W Grant
Resale of flour
Mr J Maley

Contextual Information

Despite the Greenough Flats being prime agricultural land, there were bad years, and many farmers did not have enough land or resources to carry them through those difficult times. Many ended up owing money to store keepers and millers like Maley.

Keywords

Greenough

Place made

Greenough
Western Australia
Australia

Year

1865

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced

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