Mary Welch indenture document signed by David Lee and Ebenezer Gray
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Description
- Title
- Mary Welch indenture document signed by David Lee and Ebenezer Gray
- Creator
- From the Collection: Goel, Ravi D.
- Published / Created
- 1744 December 31
- Description
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The doument concerns the indenture of Mary Welch, an 8 year old poor female whose father, Jonathan Welch of Lebanon, is deceased. Mary is to be a Maid Servant or Apprentice to David Lee (1674 - 1759) and his wife of Coventry, Connecticut, until she reached the age of 18. Document stipulates Mary's duties and the moral behavior by which she must abide. The document further stipulates the obligations of the Lee family to provide well for Mary, to teach her to read, sew, and to perform the tasks of a Maid Servant, which consisted of standard housekeeping tasks of the day.
Jonathan Trumble [Trumbull] is mentioned in the document.
A copy of this material is available in digital form from Manuscripts and Archives and online. - Provenance
- Gift of Ravi D. Goel (Yale College, 1993), 2008-2020.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Item Location
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives
- Call Number
- RU 1081
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Ravi D. Goel collection on Yale
Series Accession 2012-A-014: Yale letters and memorabilia, 1714-1912
- THIS ITEM Mary Welch indenture document signed by David Lee and Ebenezer Gray
- Container / Volume
- Box 1, folder 5
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- Access
- Public
- Rights
- Copyright for materials authored or otherwise produced as official business of Yale University is retained by Yale University. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user
- Citation
- Ravi D. Goel Collection on Yale (RU 1081). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8196804
- Object ID (OID)
- 15603903