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Title: Boston (Mass.) Overseers of the Poor Indentures, 1734-1805
Creator: Boston (Mass.) Overseers of the Poor
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Related Materials: MS x Ch. A. 2.36 Memorandum to the General Court by Daniel Gookin concerning Indian children who were put into service to the English. The names and ages of the children, the names of their relations, the places where they belonged, and the names of the persons with whom they were placed are included. Dated 10 August 1675.
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Requesting that the Overseers of the Poor exchange the Indenture of William Hartshorn in lieu of the fulfullment of his apprenticeship.
Verso: Nason, Jospeh, Overseer. A.L.S. to Capt. Partridge; Boston, 24 August 1789. Requesting that he exchange toe Indenture.