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Store order from Thomas Butler

Thomas Butler
1877
Subcollections
Maley Mill and Store Archives
Overview

hand-written note on paper

Historical information

Thomas Butler (1821-80) was born in Ireland. Enlisted in 1839 and served 8 years in East Indies & Burma. Formerly a private in 80th Regiment (transferred from 13th).
He married Ellen Wright. They arrived per 'Lord Dalhousie' in 1863 and were granted 2 lots of land at Greenough. Butler died at Greenough.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-72-GMOB2123
Item type
Letters
Material
Writing Paper
Width
110 mm
Height or length
145 mm
Depth
1 mm
Inscriptions and markings

october 9th 1877
Mr Maley Be pleased to let the girl have seaven 10lbs Pounds of sugar one Pound tea and quarter pound tobacco
Thos Butler

Contextual information

This is one of only two notes written by Thomas Butler in the Maley Mill & Store Archives.

Keywords
Enrolled Pensioner Guard, Greenough
Place made
Western Australia, Australia
Year
1877
Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
Object’s condition or completeness
Rare or representative
Well provenanced
Last modified
Saturday, 29 July, 2023
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Store order from Thomas Butler
Store order from Thomas Butler

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