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This Indenture Witnesseth, That
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Peter
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Kearnan
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son of
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Thomas Kearnan
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of the Parish of
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Saint James Clerkenwell
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Merchant by and with the privity consent and approbation of his
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said Father testified by his being a party to and Sealing and delivering these presents
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doth put himself Apprentice to
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George Freeland
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of the
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liberty of the Rolls
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in the
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Parish of
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Saint Dunstan in the West
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Stationer
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to learn his Art, and with him (after Manner of an Apprentice) to serve
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from the day of the date hereof unto the full End and Term of Seven
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years from thence next following, to be fully compleat and ended. During which Term, the said Apprentice his said Master
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faithfully shall serve, his Secrets Keep, his lawful Commands every where gladly do. He shall do no Damage
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to his said Master, nor see to be done by others, but to his Power shall let or forthwith give Warning to his
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said M aster of the same. He shall not waste the Goods of his said M aster nor lend them unlawfully to any
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He shall not commit Fornication, nor contract Matrimony within the said Term. He shall not play at Cards, Dice,
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Tables, or any other unlawful Games , whereby his said M aster may have any Loss. With his own Goods of others,
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during the said Term, without Licence of his said M aster, shall neither buy nor sell. he shall not haunt Taverns or
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Playhouses, nor absent himself from his said M aster's Service, Day or Night unlawfully: But in all Things at a faith
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ful Apprentice shall behave himself towards his said M aster, and all his during the said Term. AND the said
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George Freeland
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for and in Consideration of the sum of twenty one pounds to him in hand well and
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truly paid by the said
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Thomas Kearnan
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at or before the Sealing and delivery of these presents the
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receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged
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his said Apprentice in the Art of a Stationer which he now useth, by the best Means that he
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can, shall teach and instruct, or cause to be taught and instructed, finding unto the said Apprentice Sufficient Meat, Drink,
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and Lodging, and all other Necessaries during the said Term. (Washing
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Wearing Apparel and making and mending thereof and also Physick and advice in case the
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said
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Peter Kearnan
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shall at any time during the said Term require the same only Excepted)
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And for the true Performance of all and every the said Covenants and Agreements, either of the said Parties bindeth im self unto
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the other by these Presents. IN WITNESS whereof, the Parties above named to these Indentures interchangeably have put their
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Hands and Seals the twenty Second Day of March in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of our
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Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland KING,
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Defender of the Faith, Etc. and in the year of our Lord 1777.
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Sealed and delivered in the Presence of
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Fras: Le Strange
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Benj Hart
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Geo: Freeland
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THE Indenture, Covenant, Article, or Contract must bear Date the Day it is executed, and what Money or other Thing is given or
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contracted for with the Clerk or Apprentice, must be inserted in Words at length; and the Duty paid to the Stamp Office, if in London,
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or within the Weekly Bills of Mortality, within one Month after the Execution; and if in the Country, and out of the said Bills of Morta-
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lity, within Two Months, to a Distributors of the Stamps; or his Substitute: otherwise the Indenture will be void, the Master or Mistress,
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forfeit Fifty Pounds, and another Penalty, and the Apprentice be disabled to follow his Trade, or be made free.
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