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Toby, Hannah, fl. 1747 [Indenture apprenticing Javin Toby to John Steadman]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03002.01 Author/Creator: Toby, Hannah, fl. 1747 Place Written: South Kingston, Rhode Island Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1747/01/09 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 20 cm, Width: 30 cm Order a Copy

Singed by Toby with an X, also signed by Samuel Swift and Thomas Hazard, both Justices of the Peace. States that "Hannah Toby Indian Woman" has indentured her son "Javin Toby a Molatto" to John Steadman and his wife for fifteen years and five months. The terms of the indenture specify that "He shall not use any unlawfull games, nor Contract Matrimony nor Commit Fornication during sd Term." He must faithfuly obey them, and they must provide food and clothing.

Toby, Hannah, fl. 1747
Swift, Samuel, fl. 1747
Hazard, Thomas, fl. 1747
Toby, Javin, fl. 1747
Steadman, John, fl. 1747

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