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This Indenture Witnesseth That
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doth put himself Apprentice unto
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Joseph Beschey
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the sd Parish and
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County aforesd Pa
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to learn
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Art and with him after the manner of an Apprentice
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serve from
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the Thirtie first of Januaryinto the
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full end and term of Seven Years from thence next ensuing and fully to be
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compleat and ended; during which Term the said Apprentice his
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Master
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faithfully shall and will serve his Secrets keep his lawfull Com
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ments every
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where gladly do he shall do no Damage to his said Maser nor see to
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be done of others: but to his Power shall lett or forthwith give Notice to his said Masterof the same: The
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Goods of his said Master he shall not waste, nor lend them unlawfully to any. Hurt to his said Master he
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shall not do, cause or procure to be done; he shall neither buy nor sell without his Masters leave
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Taverns, Inns
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or Ale-houses he shall not hav
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At Cards, Dice, Tables, or any other unlawfull Game he shall
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nor from the Service of his said Master
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Day nor Night shall absent herself; but in all Things as an honest and faithful Apprentice shall
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demean and
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behave himself toward his said Master and all his during all the said Term. And the said Master
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in Consideration of the Summ of
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of lawful Money of Great Britain to h
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in hand well and truly paid by
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(The Receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged the said Apprentice in the
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and Mistery
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of Paintingwhich he now useth, shall teach and instruct, or cause to be
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and instructed
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the best way and manner that he can; finding and allowing unto said Apprentice sufficient Meat Dr
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Washing, Lodging, and all other Necessaries, during the said Term
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And for the true Performance of all and every the Covenants and Agreements aforesaid either of the said Parties bindeth
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himself unto the other firmly by these Presents In Witness whereof, the Parties abovesaid to these indentures inter
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changeably have set their Hands and Seals the Thirtie firstDay of January
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in the SeventhYear of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George ye Second by the Grace of God of
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Great Britain, France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the year of Our Lord 1733
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Joseph
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