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Order for flour from Ann Watson

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Ann Watson

1865

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written letter on paper with a thistle watermark

Historical information

Ann Watson (1836-1915) (nee Arnold) was the wife of Police Constable Joseph Watson. He owned farm land at Strawberry in what is now the Shire of Irwin.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1454

Item type

Letters

Themes

People

Social History

Material

Ink

Writing Paper

Width

108 mm

Height or length

180 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Stawberry 30th/8/65
Mr Mahalia Sir,
you will please to forward to me by the bearer 1 bag of Flour please to find it good and you will oblige
Anne Watson
Sir Mr Watson is away

Contextual information

This letter provides an indicator of the extent of the region to whom Maley provided flour. The increasing number of farmers settling in the Irwin District probably encouraged Maley to build a flour mill at Dongara in 1866/67.
Of the many variations on the spelling of Maley's name, this writer has the most elaborate.

Keywords

Maley

Place made

Irwin, Western Australia, Australia

Year

1865

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced