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Store order from Peter Reynolds

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Peter Reynolds

1870

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Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

sheet of paper with watermark in top right corner. Main text handwritten in black ink; footnote added in blue ink. Some staining to page.

Historical information

Peter Reynolds and his wife Harriet (nee Kenworthy) and one child came to the colony on the "Berkshire" in 1855. Originally they settled in the Avon Valley, but by 1865 had moved north.
Peter was landlord of “The Traveller’s Rest” Hotel, at Bookara, located south of Greenough on the road to Dongara.

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Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1871

Item type

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Width

177 mm

Height or length

114 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

oct 7th 1870
Mr Maley sir would you oblige me by Letting the Boy have 20 Pounds of white sugar and 2 bars of soap
And oblige
Peter Reynolds
Sir to let the Boy have these things Mr Maley

Contextual Information

This is the only note written by Peter Reynolds in the Maley Mill & Store Archives, and is important as it was written whilst he was landlord of “The Traveller’s Rest” Hotel.

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Irwin
Western Australia
Australia

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