1 20 1 https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/9dd86e85c0e7a692b646e497836b5ae8.pdf c0f7f6f2ca76b17db5a98d37fe5ab7bb PDF Text Text �� https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/5bd6b3b0f6f170c3f35a9f2bdae6fc5a.pdf 760b3cded7db0c9bd55092c830057e94 PDF Text Text This indenture made the twenty seventh of September eighteen hundred and eighteen witnesseth that John Coffman one of the overseers of the poor commiserate with an order June court 1818 doth bind Jonathan Hubbard a poor child son of Hubbard to Frederick Bush of the county of Rockingham and State of Virginia to learn the trade of shoemaking in its various branches as the law directs who will be thirteen years old on the 3rd day of September next who are to serve his said master until he arrive to the age of twenty years and that to be completely ended all which term the said apprentice his said master faithfully shall serve his secrets keep his lawful commands everywhere gladly obey he shall not do damage to his said master nor duffer it to be done by others without giving him notice thereof he shall not waste his said masters goods nor lend them unlawfully to any he shall not commit fornication, nor contract matrimony within the said term at cards, dice, or any other unlawful game shall not play whereby her said master may have damage, with his own goods nor the goods of other during the said term without license from his said master he shall neither buy nor sell, he shall not absent himself day nor night from his said masters service nor haunt alehouses, taverns, and playhouses but in all things as faithful apprentice shall behave himself towards his said master and all his during said term and his said master is bound to teach his said apprentice the art as above described and also to provide for his said apprentice sufficient meat drink washing apparel lodging and washing fitting for an apprentice during said term or time and the said master are to teach or cause to be taught the said apprentice to read right and arithmetic as far as the rule of three and at the expiration of said term on term to give the said apprentice twenty dollars as his freedom dues for the true performance of all and singular the said covenants and agreements whereof the said parties bind themselves unto the other by these presents � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County Overseers of the Poor: Indentures of Apprenticeship Description An account of the resource Series III is comprised of Rockingham County Indentures of Apprenticeship, which were formal contracts created by the overseers to bind poor or orphaned children to a "master" with who they would learn a trade. Their term generally lasted until the age of twenty-one for males and eighteen for females. Trades were typically determined by the apprentice's sex as well. Active labor and semi-skilled artisan positions were reserved for males, while females often served their term learning to sew, spin, knit, or domestic labor.<br /><br />For more information on the Overseers of the Poor collection, visit the "<a href="https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/findingaids">Finding Aid</a>" tab in the menu above. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Overseers of the Poor of Rockingham County Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1766-1871 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. 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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1818 Title A name given to the resource Indenture of Apprenticeship, Jonathan Hubbard to Frederick Bisk Description An account of the resource Shoemaking Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Overseers of the Poor Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a>) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Osp003_003_005 Bisk Hubbard