Indentured Servant Documents

Historical records from the 18th century documenting indentured servitude, reflecting social practices and family lineage in early America.

Document, 1763-01-17, Hamoze, England, D. S. 8o

Salmon Brown autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, North Elba, N.Y., 30 November 1859 , Abolitionists, United States, Antislavery movements, United States, History, 19th century, Harpers Ferry W. Va., History, John Brown's Raid, 1859, Wheelock, Edwin M. Edwin Miller, 1829-1901. John Brown- Correspondence relating to John Brown and the raid on Harpers Ferry

Document of indenture: Servant: Champlen, Benony Harris. Master: Long, Aaron Aron. Town of Master: Shelburne. Selectmen of the town of Shelburne autograph document signed to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Aaron Long. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Joshua Child account book A , Accounting

Document of indenture: Servant: Bromington, Richard. Master: Asten, John. Town of Master: Bristol. Selectmen of the town of Bristol autograph document signed to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for John Asten. , Indentured servants, Child labor

bake equipment; 1777 (1777-00-00-1777-00-00);

Hugo, Victor (N.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Victor Hugo ticket to Paul Meurice for the payment of 200 F. in Léonie d'Aunet (dummy title), 1859-12-24. Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Document of indenture: Servant: McKenzie, John. Master: Weston, Ezra Jr. Town of Master: Doxborough. Selectmen of the town of Doxborough autograph document signed to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Ezra Weston, Jr. , Indentured servants, Child labor

The south book, 1760 , Local taxation, Tax assessment, Property tax, Real property, Personal property, Excise tax, Valuation, Massachusetts, Politics and government. Lincoln Town Archives

Voltaires undated letter to 'R,' written for his journey to Berlin on an amorous mission, featuring playful teasing in Latin, Italian, and English., 1727 - 1778

Document of indenture: Servant: Cook, James. Master: Sullivan, James. Town of Master: Groton. Selectmen of the town of Groton autograph document signed to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for James Sullivan. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Document of indenture: Servant: Smith, Theodore. Master: Smith, Henry. Town of Master: Dedham. Selectmen of the town of Dedham autograph document signed to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Henry Smith. , Indentured servants, Child labor

George Coffin to Anson P. Morrill, 3 March 1851 , Public land sales, United States, Massachusetts, Politics and government, 1775-1865, Maine, Politics and government, 1775-1865, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Claims, Canada, Boundaries, United States

Document of indenture: Servant: Scollay, Michael. Master: Mustard, Charles. Town of Master: Topsham. Selectmen from the town of Topsham autograph document signed to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston, informing Overseers that Charles Mustard has discharged Micahel Scollay, who has fulfilled the obligation of his indenture. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Document of indenture: Servant: Molton, Ann. Master: Buel, Samuel. Town of Master: Medford. Selectmen of the town of Medford autograph document signed to the Overseers of the poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Samuel Buel. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Document of indenture: Servant: Caswell, Richard. Master: Bell, John. Town of Master: Tewksbury. Selectmen of the town of Tewksbury autograph document signed to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for John Bell. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Document of indenture: Servant: Hubbard, Hannah. Master: Beal, Adam. Town of Master: Hingham. Selectmen of the town of Hingham autograph document signed to Whom It May Concern: Endorsement Ceritifcation for Adam Beal. , Indentured servants, Child labor

John Glover to Leonard Jarvis, 21 December 1791 , Public land sales, United States, Massachusetts, Politics and government, 1775-1865, Maine, Politics and government, 1775-1865, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Claims, Canada, Boundaries, United States

Casebook 4 p112: Notes on Rev J Patterson, 4 May 1858

Document of indenture: Servant: Smith, Thomas. Master: Gamwell, Samuel Sam. Town of Master: Westborough. Selectmen of the town of Westborough autograph document signed to Whom It May Concern: Endorsement Certificate for Samuel Gamwell. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Miscellaneous household receipts , Home economics. Letters and Miscellaneous Papers of the Winsor Family 1820-1915

Miscellaneous household receipts , Home economics. Letters and Miscellaneous Papers of the Winsor Family 1820-1915

Queen Street and Skinner Street 1780 - 1810. Cartographic. Maps, Surveys, land surveys. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Miscellaneous household receipts , Home economics. Letters and Miscellaneous Papers of the Winsor Family 1820-1915

Document of indenture: Servant: Hartshorn, William. Master: Sargeant, Nathan. Town of Master: Leicester. Sargeant, Nathan autograph letter signed to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Letter to John Congdon, North Kingstown, B. Neck, 1792-12-12, North Kingstown, R.I., A. L. S. Endorsed. Narrow strip

Letter to Charles De Witt, Esophus, N. Y., 1756-05-28, Manor Livingston, N.Y., A. L. S. 2 pp. Fo

The south book, 1779a , Local taxation, Tax assessment, Property tax, Real property, Personal property, Excise tax, Valuation, Massachusetts, Politics and government. Lincoln Town Archives

Document of indenture: Servant: Smith, Sarah. Master: Bracket Brackit, Brackett, Samuel. Town of Master: Dedham. Selectman of the town of Dedham autograph document signed to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Samuel Bracket. , Indentured servants, Child labor

'Signature of Edward Lloyd, 1692', (1928). Artist: Unknown.

Document of indenture: Servant: Hubbard, Hannah. Master: Beal, Adam. Town of Master: Hingham. Selectmen of the town of Hingham autograph document signed to Whom It May Concern: Endorsement Ceritifcation for Adam Beal. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Document, 1777-05-02, Fredericksburg, N.Y., A. D. S. Endorsed with a statement by Henry Ludinton Cololl that he was ordered by the Legislature to send Capt. Townsend with a company for a state guard to the store where James Cocks then lived., Narrow strip

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), received Victor Hugo to Paul Meurice for the sum of 5,125 f. copyright (dummy title), 1884-05-31. Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Document of indenture: Servant: Stuart, James. Master: Lyman, Timothy. Town of Master: Murrayfield. Selectmen of the town of Murrayfield autograph document signed to Whom It May Concern: Endorsement Certificate for Timothy Lyman. , Indentured servants, Child labor

An order from Mendum Janvrin at Fort Sullivan to Samuel Cutts for rum for men on fatigue., October 25, 1776., 1 page

Document of indenture: Servant: Lewis, William. Master: Russell, Daniel. Town of Master: Hadley. Selectmen of the town of Hadley autograph document signed to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Daniel Russell. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Outward letter: Gisborne Public Library , Page 310: Report, 27 March 1874, by Sir James Hector.

Pearl Street 1801 - 1810. Cartographic. Maps, Surveys, land surveys. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Ledger. Leaf 4 Recto from a sketchbook with 33 sheets.

Document of indenture: Servant: Farmer, Thomas. Master: Jones, Joshua. Town of Master: Concord. Selectmen of the town of Concord autograph document signed to Whom It May Concern: Endorsement Certificate for Joshua Jones. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Document of indenture: Servant: Noel, Elizabeth. Master: Hudson, William. Town of Master: Oxford. Selectmen of the town of Oxford autograph document signed to the Overseers of the Alms House in Boston: Endorsement Certificate for William Hudson. , Indentured servants, Child labor

John Devoor's farm made agreeable to his deeds 1781. text. Documents, Surveys, Maps. Manuscripts and Archives Division

bake General post office; General post office; 1771 (1771-00-00-1771-00-00);

Document of indenture: Servant: Mills, John. Master: Hill, Jonathan. Town of Master: Medway. Selectmen of the town of Medway autograph document signed to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Jonathan Hill. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Document of indenture: Servant: Lynch, Bartholomew. Master: Roundey, Joseph. Town of Master: Marblehead. Selectmen of the town of Marblehead autograph document signed to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Joseph Roundey. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Document of indenture: Servant: Wharffe, Elizabeth. Master: Smith, Martin. Town of Master: Amherst. Selectmen of the town of Amherst autograph document signed to the Selectmen of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Martin Smith. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Document of indenture: Servant: Barrow, Jabez. Master: Chase, James. Town of Master: Freeport. Selectmen of the town of Freeport autograph document signed to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for James Chase. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Document, 1777-08-24, D. S. narrow strip

Document of indenture: Servant: Williams, Elizabeth. Master: Webb, Nehemiah. Town of Master: Sandwich. Selectmen of the town of Sandwich autograph document signed to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Nehemiah Webb. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Letter to Horatio Gates, Traveller's Rest, Berkley Co., Va., 1784-08-31, Jamaica Plain, Mass., A. L. S. Endorsed. 2 pp. 4o

Warned Out of Town, 1756, 1782 ,. Historical Records of the Town of Westborough - Administrative Documents

bake Ignacy Franciszek Przebendowski of the Kraków staroste; Przebendowski, Ignacy Franciszek (1730-1791); 1782 (1782-00-00-1782-00-00);

Folsom, Nathaniel. New York. To Nicholas Gilman, 1776-07-11, N.S.; 2 pages

Whiting, Nathan, 1758-04-17, 1 page

Document of indenture: Servant: Gordon, James. Master: Allen, Benjamin. Town of Master: Tisbury. Selectmen of the town of Tisbury autograph document signed to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Benjamin Allen. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Document dated July 2, 1713, from New York, D. S., R. Walter. 1/2 page, 4o

Document of indenture: Servant: Cherry, Samuel. Master: Lindsay, James. Town of Master: Easton. Selectmen ot the town of Easton autograph document signed to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for James Lindsay. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Miscellaneous household receipts , Home economics. Letters and Miscellaneous Papers of the Winsor Family 1820-1915

Document of indenture: Servant: Fendley, John. Master: Brintnall, Phineas Jr. Town of Master: Sudbury. Selectmen of the town of Sudbury autograph document signed to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Phineas Brintnall, Jr. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Miscellaneous household receipts , Home economics. Letters and Miscellaneous Papers of the Winsor Family 1820-1915

Document of indenture: Servant: Love, Elizabeth. Master: Sawyer, Henry. Town of Master: Methuen. Selectmen of the town of Methuen autograph document: Endorsement Certificate for Henry Sawyer. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778). Writer and philosopher in French language. Letter written by him. In the ending Mme De Warens added some words.

Meyer's lot in Fair Street 1781. Cartographic. Maps, Surveys, land surveys. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Babcock, N., 1846, 1846

Hospital bed ticket for Private John A. Dickie of Co. C, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. | Library of Congress

Description belonging to Prayer Noot, Anonymous, 1700 - 1799 Handwritten description that tells how small the nut is and what can be seen in it. Low Countries paper writing (processes) Handwritten description that tells how small the nut is and what can be seen in it. Low Countries paper writing (processes)

Description associated with prayer notice. Handwritten description that tells how small the note is and what can be seen in it.

September 21, 1775., 1775-09-21

Document of indenture: Servant: Robinson, Lydia. Master: Wight, Seth. Town of Master: Medfield. Baxter, Joseph selectman? of the town of Medfield: Endorsement Certificate for Seth Wright. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Document of indenture: Servant: Standard, Oliver. Master: Ingram Ingraham, Elisha. Town of Master: Amherst. Selectmen of the town of Amherst autograph document signed to the Selectmen of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Elisha Ingram. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Letter, historical correspondence. Time captured in script.

Mrs. Phillips to Leonard Jarvis, 22 March 1788 , Public land sales, United States, Massachusetts, Politics and government, 1775-1865, Maine, Politics and government, 1775-1865, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Claims, Canada, Boundaries, United States

Document of indenture: Servant: Kelly, John. Master: Harvey, John. Town of Master: Kingsfield. Selectmen of the town of Kingsfield autograph document signed to Whom It May Concern: Endorsement Certificate for John Harvey. , Indentured servants, Child labor

William Street 1810. Cartographic. Maps, Surveys, land surveys. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Cierwen, Mrs. R.T.W, 1890

Document of indenture: Servant: Trainhorne Trainhorn, Ann. Master: Martin, William. Town of Master: North Yarmouth. Fragment, states that the apprentice must be taught a trade at 14 years old.. , Indentured servants, Child labor

España. Barcelona. Publicidad personal del maestro sastre ofreciendo sus servicios. Años 1890.

Commission appointing Albert Albert (Elbert Elberts) as Justice of the Peace for Kings County., 1683-11-26

Annotaties.Companion leaf C, rear bract, from a sketchbook with 16 sheets.

SCHRIP for Maarten Tromp, killed in the naval battle at Terheide, 1653, 1850 - 1863 manuscript Copy of the Vondel's burial on the prale grave from 1656 by Maarten Tromp (killed in the sea battle at Terheide on 10 August 1653) in the Oude Kerk in Delft. Netherlands paper writing (processes) Battle of Scheveningen Old church

South Sea share certificate. The South Sea Company, was a British joint-stock company founded in 1711 and granted a monopoly to trade with the islands in the "South Seas" and South America. Company stock rose greatly in value as it expanded its operations dealing in government debt, and peaked in 1720 before suddenly collapsing to little above its original flotation price; the notorious economic bubble thus created, which ruined thousands of investors, became known as the South Sea Bubble.

Mahlon Wright's draft of 86 acres, a survey of land owned by Mahlon Wright on Doctors Creek. Created between 1701 and 1763 in New Jersey, the document includes maps related to real property and land ownership in the area. The extent of the map is 1 manuscript, measuring 40 x 45 cm or smaller

Document of indenture: Servant: Edmunds, Jonathan. Master: Young, John. Town of Master: Watertown. Selectmen of the town of Watertown autograph document signed to the Overseers of the Poor of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for John Young. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Committees on the Town Pound, 1743, 1756, 1836 , Animal shelters. Historical Records of the Town of Westborough - Administrative Documents

Leopold Wilhelm, Archduke of Austria.

Document of indenture: Servant: Bracket, William. Master: Lombard, William. Town of Master: Truro. Selectmen of the town of Truro autograph document signed to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for William Lombard. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Barclayís & Co. cheque London, 1793. Cheques and bills of exchange provided a secure way to transfer money between individuals without having to carry large amounts of cash around.

Miscellaneous household receipts , Home economics. Letters and Miscellaneous Papers of the Winsor Family 1820-1915

Civil War envelope folded from wallpaper to Clara Victoria Dargan | Library of Congress

Document of indenture: Servant: Croxford, William. Master: Chase, Daniel. Town of Master: Sutton. Selectmen of the town of Sutton autograph document signed to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for Daniel Chase. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Document of indenture: Servant: Bracket, William. Master: Lombard, William. Town of Master: Truro. Selectmen of the town of Truro autograph document signed to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for William Lombard. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Exercise book of A. Keith, surgeon's boy aboard HMS Scout

Hugo, Victor (N.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Cotau de Dieu, the threshold of the abyss-the human spirit (around 351-353) (dummy title). Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Good for 500 pounds tournaments, Isles de France and Bourbon (), N 288 Levasseur / Foucart / Hulot. Good for 500 pounds tournaments, Isles de France and Bourbon (), N 288. Typography, ink.

Quarter bill for expenses at Harvard College for Joshua Child , College costs

Document of indenture: Servant: Ethridg, Thomas. Master: Butts, Samuel. Town of Master: Portland. Fragment stating I have his note for 1 dollar for the Indenture.. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Cot de Dieu, the threshold of the chasm-the human spirit (voice V, around 125-126 and 129-130; Voix III, Around 79-82) (dummy title), 1856. Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Document of indenture: Servant: Stamers, Elizabeth. Master: Packard, James. Town of Master: Bridgewater. Selectmen of the town of Bridgewater autograph document signed to the Overseers of the Poor of the town of Boston: Endorsement Certificate for James Packard. , Indentured servants, Child labor

Miscellaneous household receipts , Home economics. Letters and Miscellaneous Papers of the Winsor Family 1820-1915

Bliżej Kultury

Prescription to Treat a Sore Throat, n.d. , Health care. Historical Records of the Town of Westborough - Administrative Documents

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