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Greenough Museum and Gardens > Records

Promissory Note from John Maley to Solomon Cook

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John Stephen Maley

1863

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

note written on blue paper with black & red ink. Bottom centre is an impression of a stamp "Western Australian Bank Perth WA"

Historical information

Solomon Cook (1813-71) was John Maley's mentor and helped finance his flour mill at Greenough.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1254

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

198 mm

Height or length

127 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

£400.0.0 Greenough Flats
26 Oct 1865 23rd October 1863

Two years after date I promise to pay Mr Solomon Cook on order, at the Western Australian Bank, Perth Four hundred pounds with interest thereon at the rate of five pounds percentum per annum from the date hereof for value received.
J S Maley

Western Australian Bank No 29547 Perth WA

Contextual Information

This note provides evidence of the financial support Solomon Cook gave to John Maley, and also to John Maley's ability to repay that loan in the time proscribed.

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Greenough
Western Australia
Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

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Scientific or research significance

Comparative significance criteria

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Object’s condition or completeness

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Well provenanced

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