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Letter from George Brand

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George Brand

1870

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

Hand-written note on paper with a faint watermark.

Historical information

George Brand (1820-72) was a Scottish farmer convicted of theft and sent to this colony in 1855 on the "Stag" (no.3354). His wife and children joined him in 1859 and they settled at a farm at North Greenough that he named 'Balmoral" (later re-named "Ironbarks").

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1813

Item type

Letters

Themes

Agriculture

Material

Writing Paper

Width

104 mm

Height or length

175 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Balmoral 5th August /70
Mr Maley
Please to let the bearer have 3 bots of vinegar you know your self I send you the money if your team is going to the Bay tomorrow and coming out empty would you be so kind as to bring out a plough from Scott & Gales yard belonging to Smith of Crab Farm that I am going to get the lend of and I send you the order to get the plough
George Brand

Contextual information

In the early years of settlement at Greenough, farm machinery was difficult to obtain. As this letter indicates, farmers had to borrow machinery from each other.

Keywords

Greenough

Place made

Greenough, Western Australia, Australia

Year

1870

Primary significance criteria

Scientific or research significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Well provenanced