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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08882 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 17 December 1737 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 24.3 cm, Width: 36.7 cm Order a Copy

Certificate of indenture between Samuel Waldo and Charles Lamb of Dublin, Ireland for a period of one year. Bottom half is missing.

Lamb, Charles, fl. 1737
Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Immigration and Migration
Contract
Waldo Patent
Servant
Indentured Servant
The Thirteen Colonies

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