1729 INDENTURED SERVITUDE SIGNED CONTRACT BETWEEN GEORGE SHEED & JOSHUA GIFFING For Sale
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1729 INDENTURED SERVITUDE SIGNED CONTRACT BETWEEN GEORGE SHEED & JOSHUA GIFFING :
$235.95
DATED: \"THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1729\" INDENTURED SERVITUDE SIGNED CONTRACT BETWEEN GEORGE SHEED & JOSHUA GIFFING BOTH OF PHILADELPHIA. DOUBLE SIDED VIEWING FRAME!A FRAMED, ONE-YEAR INDENTURED SERVITUDE CONTRACT DATED 1729-1730. THE PRICE IS NOTED AS 50 BRITISH POUNDS. DELIVERED TO WILLIAM FISHBURN, JUSTICE OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA AND WITNESSED BY WILLIAM PARSONS AND ANOTHER WITNESS (HIS SIGNATURE IS INELIGIBLE).A SECONDARY SECTION INCLUDES A PAYMENT BY THOMAS HOLLAND TO GEORGE SHEED THAT IS SEEMINGLY AN ACCOUNT CLOSURE OR CONTRACT FULFILLMENT STATEMENT. THESE INDENTURED CONTRACTS TYPICALLY OUTLINED AN AGREEMENT TO WORK FOR ANOTHER PERSON FOR A DEFINED PERIOD OF TIME, USUALLY WITHOUT PAY, BUT IN EXCHANGE FOR FREE PASSAGE TO A NEW COUNTRY.THIS ITEM IS PRESENTED MATTED IN A DOUBLE-SIDED GLASS AND BLACK WOOD FRAME, WITH A HANGING WIRE TO THE VERSO.
MEASUREMENTS: FRAME: 17 3/4\" WIDE X 21 3/4\" HIGH X 1/2\" THICK. VISIBLE AREA: 15 3/4\" WIDE X 19 3/4\" HIGH.
STILL HAS EVIDENCE OF TWO SEPARATE WAX SEALINGS.CONDITION: AGE TONING TO PAPER, SMALL HOLES AND TEARS, MARKS AND SCUFFS TO THE WOOD FRAME, PAPER LABEL RESIDUE ON THE FRAME.
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