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Letter re lime transactions between Logue & Marchetti

Major Logue
1877
Subcollections
Maley Mill and Store Archives
Overview

Hand written letter on grey paper.

Historical information

Major Logue was a pastoralist at Ellendale, east of the Greenough Flats.
Giovanni Marchetti was a former convict who ended up farming on the Back Flats at Greenough and supplemented his income by making lime.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-72-GMOB2116
Item type
Letters
Themes
Communication
Material
Paper
Width
202 mm
Height or length
148 mm
Depth
1 mm
Inscriptions and markings

Mr Marchetti
Please send me 4 bags lime per bearer as new & quick as possible
M Logue
Received from J S Maley the sum of 12/- for 4 bags of lime on a/c of Major Logue
7 November 1877 Gion Marchetti

Contextual information

This note is interesting in that we have written an order by one person and a response by another. It also provides evidence that Marchetti was making lime at Greenough.

Keywords
Logue, Major
Place made
Greenough, Western Australia, Australia
Year
1877
Primary significance criteria
Scientific or research significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
Object’s condition or completeness
Well provenanced
Last modified
Thursday, 24 July, 2025
Completeness
100
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Letter re lime transactions between Logue & Marchetti
Letter re lime transactions between Logue & Marchetti

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