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Collection Reference Number GLC03107.02668
From Archive Folder The Livingston Family Papers [065] 1742 
Title Indenture of apprenticeship with Robert Livingston, Jr., merchant
Date 1 November 1742
Author Reid, John, Jr. (fl. 1742)  
Document Type Legal document; Business and financial document
Content Description The indenture sets the terms of John Reid, Jr.'s apprenticeship with Robert Livingston to learn the trade of a merchant for 5 years. It commands Reid to obey his master's every command, to maintain his secrets and confidence, and to abstain from marriage (among other things) during the course of his apprenticeship. Signed by John Reid and John Reid, Jr.
Subjects Merchants and Trade  Commerce  Indentured Servant  Servant  Contract  Marriage  
People Livingston, Robert (1708-1790)  
Place written New York, New York
Theme Merchants & Commerce; Children & Family
Sub-collection The Livingston Family Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859