Research Catalog

Title

Indentures, 1822-1825, 1855.

Author

New York (N.Y.). Commissioners of the Alms-House, Bridewell, and Penitentiary.

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Details

Description

.21 linear foot (1 box)

Summary

The Almshouse and Bridewell Commissioners were appointed by New York City Mayor James Duane in 1784 to supervise the two houses and to provide general relief to poor people living outside the houses. Indentures, 1822-1825, are for girls aged two to fifteen under the jurisdiction of the commissioners who were bound out as servants or apprenticed to learn housekeeping, as well as for infants who were adopted. Printed forms filled in, signed by the principals, and endorsed by the commissioners.

Subjects

• Almshouses > New York (State) > New York
• Public welfare > New York (State) > New York
• Apprentices > New York (State) > New York
• Poor children > New York (State) > New York
• Girls > New York (State) > New York
• Child labor
• Indentured servants > New York (State) > New York
• New York (N.Y.) > Commissioners of the Alms-House, Bridewell, and Penitentiary
• New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions
• Poor > New York (State) > New York
• Indentures

Genre/Form

Indentures.

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Call Number

MssCol 2185

OCLC

854680821

Author

New York (N.Y.). Commissioners of the Alms-House, Bridewell, and Penitentiary.

Title

Indentures, 1822-1825, 1855.

Restricted Access

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Research Call Number

MssCol 2185