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This Indenture Witnesseth That
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doth put himself Apprentice to
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John Jones
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at the
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to learn his Art and with him after the Manner of an
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date hereofunto the full End and
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Term of EightYears from thence near following to be fully compleat and ended
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During which Term the said Apprentice his Master faithfully shall serve his Secrets
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his lawful commands every where gladly do We shall do no Damage to his said Master nor see to be done of
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others but to his Power shall let or forthwith give Warning to his said Master of the same We shall not
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waste the Goods of his said Master nor lend them unlawfully to any he shall not commit fornication nor
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contract Matrimony within the said Term he shall not play at Cards Dice Tables or any other unlawfull
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Games whereby his said Master may have any less With his own Goods or others during the said Term
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without Licence of his said Master shall neither buy nor sell He shall not haunt Taverns or Play how
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nor absent himself from his said Master service day or Night unlawfully But in all things as a faithful
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apprentice He shall behave himself towards his said Master and all his during the said Term
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in Consideracon of by pound of lawful mony of Great Britain to him
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paid byWork a Jefferson of Towd Street London Spinsted
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his said Apprentice in the Art of a
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which he useth by the best Means that
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can shall teach and instruct or cause to be taught and instructed Finding unto the said Apprentice
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Sufficient Meat Drink Washing andLodging and all other Necessaries during the said Term
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And for the true Performance of all and every the said Covenants and Agreements either of the said
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Parties
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deth himself unto the other by these Presents In Witness whereof the Parties abovenamed to these
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Indentures interchangeably have put their Hands and Seals the fifteenthDay of June
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in the EleventhYear of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God
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Great Britain France and Ireland KING Defender of the faith Etc and in the Year of our Lord 1737
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Sealed & delivered (being first
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H Harvey
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