Indentured Servants Documentation

Series of indenture documents detailing agreements for servitude in Boston, highlighting historical practices of child labor and indentured servitude.

Document of indenture: Servant: Burgain, Robert. Master: Eddy, Benjamin. Town of Master: Boston , Indentured servants, Child labor
Document of indenture: Servant: Burgain, Robert. Master: Eddy, Benjamin. Town of Master: Boston , Indentured servants, Child labor
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Deed of property in Harwich sold to Thomas Robbins of Harwich by Elnathan Eldredge of Harwich ,. Stanley Smith Deed Collection
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Deed of property in Orleans sold to Thomas Robbins by Elezar Rogers of Orleans ,. Stanley Smith Deed Collection
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Calvin Colton manuscript, 1845? , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Colton, Calvin, 1789-1857. Rufus W. Griswold Papers
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Deed of property in Orleans sold to Joseph Comings of Orleans by Esq. Richard Sparrow of Orleans ,. Stanley Smith Deed Collection
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Photo production of the fifth page of the collaboration contract between Louis Daguerre and Nicéphore Niépce. .
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Deed of property in Harwich sold to Anthony Cage and Benjamin Snow by Daniel Chase of Harwich ,. Stanley Smith Deed Collection
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Deed of property in Truro sold to Joshua Rich of Truro by John Darling and Temperance Darling (wife of John) of Wellfleet ,. Stanley Smith Deed Collection
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Document of indenture: Servant: Waters, Huldah. Master: Jepson, Benjamin. Town of Master: Boston , Indentured servants, Child labor
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Will of Louis XVI French Louis-August Prince of France, Duke of Berry, 23 August 1754, 21 January 1793, King of France and Navarre, dated 25 December 1792, Part 2, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, original date unknown
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Italy. Genoa. 800-1849 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy
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Deed of property in Eastham sold to Nathaniel Gold of Harwich by Joshua Higgins of Eastham ,. Stanley Smith Deed Collection
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CARTA AUTOGRAFA-REVERSO. Author: FRANCISCO DE QUEVEDO (1580-1645). Location: CATEDRAL-BIBLIOTECA. SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. A CORUÑA. SPAIN.
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Military furlough paper for John W. Bowman , Military discharges, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865. Westborough
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Deed of property in Orleans sold to Ruth Mayo, Susan Mayo, Freeman Mayo, Ruth Knowles, Henry Knowles, Asaph Mayo, Robert Mayo, Alexander Mayo, and Samuel Mayo of Orleans by Abner Mayo, Ruth Mayo, Susan Mayo, Freeman Mayo, Ruth Knowles, Henry Knowles, Asaph Mayo, Robert Mayo, Alexander Mayo, and Samuel Mayo of Orleans ,. Stanley Smith Deed Collection
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Deed of property in Wellfleet sold to Simon Newcomb Jr. of Wellfleet by Theophilus Newcomb of Truro ,. Stanley Smith Deed Collection
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Deed of property in Brewster ,. Stanley Smith Deed Collection
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Étienne Polverel & Leger-Felicite Sonthonax to Jolet, 1793-07-16, Haiti, History, Saint-Domingue, 1 page
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Deed of property in Harwich sold to Eliaser Rogers and Joseph Rogers by Jonathan Rogers of Yarmouth ,. Stanley Smith Deed Collection
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DOCUMENTO DEL MARQUES DE TORREBLANCA - 1776. Location: Archivo General de Indias. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.
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Deed of property in Chatham sold to Joseph Atwood of Chatham by Samuel Doane, Salathiel Nickerson, and Stephen Ryder of Chatham ,. Stanley Smith Deed Collection
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España. Barcelona. Recibo de Contribución de patentes para desempeñar el oficio de platero. Año 1812.
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Governor of North Carolina Richard Dobbs Spaight, 1794-01-13
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Deed of property in Orleans sold to Asa Hopkins of Orleans by Isaac Doane, Reuben Nickerson, Hittie Nickerson, Barnard Freeman, and Melinda Freeman of Brewster; Orleans ,. Stanley Smith Deed Collection
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Benjamin Franklin and US History. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Certificate of merits associated with the Golden Penification of Society Felix Meritis, awarded to Joachim Pieter Asmus. In the middle: logo; Printed text with L.O. Blind stamp. Handwritten have been completed the names and date.
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ACTA DE LA ABDICACION DE CARLOS V COMO REY DE SICILIA - CESION DE SICILIA A FELIPE II - FIRMADO EN BRUSELAS EL DIA 16 DE ENERO DE 1556. Location: ARCHIVO-COLECCION. Simancas. Valladolid. SPAIN.
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Commission - Appointment of Vernon W. West as factor of the James Bay District for the Hudson's Bay Company
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Arrangements for the funeral of Queen Anne - 16 August 1714 This document shows the order of the royal funeral procession for Queen Anne, 16 August, 1714, Catalogue ref: PC 1/2/256/f8 Queen Anne (1665-1714) was the last of the Stuarts, the daughter of James II and his first wife Ann Hyde. She had poor health throughout her life and sadly despite 17 pregnancies had only one child survive who later died aged 11. Her reign saw the Union of England and Scotland in 1707, thus creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Account of Payments to Soldiers, 1775-1780 , Wages, Soldiers, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783
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Deed of property in Harwich sold to Timothy Doane of Orleans by Calvin Broadbrook of Harwich ,. Stanley Smith Deed Collection
255-14440
Vintage photograph. Close-up of signatures on the Declaration of Independence
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Deed of property in Provincetown sold to Lysander B. Pani (also Paine), Edwin B. Pani (Paine), and Lysander B. Paine and Company of Provincetown by James H. Hopkins of Provincetown ,. Stanley Smith Deed Collection
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Franco-American Relations. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Certificate. Document, text within a broad ornament, in which Hendrik Fakké is entitled to bear the proof of memento for the military operations in the years 1830, 1831. Signed and dated: R.O. Marked; L.O.: (Relief stamp) 'Department of War'.
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U.S. Bill of Rights
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Certificate or discharge from the Bavarian army for Georg Hasch from 20 August 1835, Gelting district of Geretsried, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe
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Loan Certificate. Nathaniel Hurd (American, 1730-1778). Engraving;
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Indenture, whereby Charles Midwinter junior is bound apprentice to John Anthony Gray, London stationer, for seven years. Gaming and taverns are discouraged. Date: 1801
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Document, 1803-08-11, Massachusetts, D. S., Thomas Perkins Commissioner. Endorsed, Sam A. Otis
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EM2593. Documents. Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Vintage Photograph. Patent papers issued to Samuel FB Morse for his invention of the telegraph
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The Smithsonian Institution | Library of Congress
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Address to the Earl of Selborne from the town of Heidelberg, Transvaal. Wash drawing and manuscript, 1905.
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United States Declaration of Independence