A Guide to the Servant Indentures, 1750-1754
A Collection in the
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`s
John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Manuscript Number MS 1970.3
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Servant Indentures, MS 1970.3, Manuscript #MS 1970.3, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Acquisition Information
Gift, 1970.
Biographical/Historical Information
None available.
Scope and Content
One letter (1750 June 14) and six indentures. The letter is from James Bradley, London, to Kinsey Johns, a merchant in Maryland and encloses two copies of an indenture for a threadmaker to be sent to the West Indies. The rest of the indentures are for servants sent to Maryland. All were witnessed and registered in London.
Arrangement
Chronologically arranged.
Index Terms
- Bradley, James
- Johns, Kinsey
- Indentured servants
- Indentured servants - Maryland
- Sewing
- Maryland - History - 18th century