This indenture, according to the method made and provided, and by the order and directions of His Sacred Majestie, King Charles the Second ... declaring that what persons ... to be retained to serve in any of His Majesties foreign plantations in America, are to be duely examined and bound ...
1683
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library V.b.16 (62)
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Title
This indenture, according to the method made and provided, and by the order and directions of His Sacred Majestie, King Charles the Second ... declaring that what persons ... to be retained to serve in any of His Majesties foreign plantations in America, are to be duely examined and bound ...
Created/published
[London] : [s.n.], [1683]
Description
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 30 x 19 cm (fol.)
Note
An indentured servant contract for American plantations, with blanks to be completed in ms.
Text reads " ... thirteenth day of December anno 1682, in the thirty fourth year of His sai[d] Majesties reign;" publication date of 1683 from ESTC.
Text reads " ... thirteenth day of December anno 1682, in the thirty fourth year of His sai[d] Majesties reign;" publication date of 1683 from ESTC.
Exhibited
V.b. 16 (62) Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2010. Lost at Sea.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R231614
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), T929A
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), T929A
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library V.b.16 (62)
Genre/form
Blank forms.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
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V.b.16 (62)
Folger-specific note
Blanks completed in manuscript, binding John Birt of Middlesex, aged 23, to a plantation in Barbados, dated 17 December 1683. Signed in manuscript: Bayly; John. With the remains of a red wax seal; numbered in manuscript at foot "428".
Folger accession
MSS Add 122