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 Title:  Contract for indenture of Susan, a girl of five years; August 19, 1865 [a machine-readable transcription]  
 Published:  1996 
 Description: This Indenture, made this 19th day of August, in the year Eighteen hundred & Sixty five between 1st Lieut. Ab S Dial A.A.A. Gen'l J. B. 7th Dist. Va. of the one part, and John F. Hawkins of the County of Bedford of the other part, Witnesseth, That the said Lieut Ab S Dial &c. &c. by virtue of the authority in him vested as Military (Commandant agent aforesaid, hath put and bound, and doth by These Presents, put and bind Susan— a free Girl of color, of the said County, and being of the age of Five years, to be Apprenticed to the said John F Hawkins to learn the Business of a house servant, and with him to dwell and remain and serve until She, the aid Susan —, shall obtain the age of Eighteen ears; during all which time, she, the said Susan—, — — faithfully shall serve and obey, all secrets keep, and all lawful commands willingly do and perform; and shall not absent herself from the service of her master day or night, without his leave; but shall, in all things, as a faith- ful Apprentice, behave herself towards her master, and all his family, during the said term: and the said John F Hawkins doth hereby covenant, promise and agree to, and with the said Lieut A. S. Dial &c and his succeſsors in office, that he the said John F Hawkins will instruct said Apprentice in the business of a houseservant (which now Ann useth), shall and will teach and instruct, or cause to be taught and instructed in the best manner that he can, and shall and will provide and allow unto the said Apprentice, during all the said term, competent and sufficient meat, drink, washing lodging, apparel, and all other things ne- ſsary for the said Apprentice to have, and that he will well and truly pay to the said Susan — at the end of —her— term of apprenticeship aforesaid, the sum of Twenty — dollars, lawful money of Virginia; and that during the term aforesaid —he— will instruct, or cause to be instructed, the said Susan, in reading, writing and arithmetic, as far as the Rule of Three.
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