Description

[004878] [Apprenticeship Indenture] Apprentice Weaver Indenture. Alnwick: No Publisher, 1758. First Edition. 16mo (Oblong). Unbound. Ephemera. Good. Apprenticeship indenture on parchment, approximately 265mm x 145mm in size

Foxed and lightly browned, creased from old folds, but with wax seals intact

The indenture is for George Finlay, son of Mary Finlay, of Alnwick, to learn to be a weaver. This indenture includes the usual prohibition against “Taverns, Inns, or Ale-Houses, he shall not haunt; at Cards, Dice, Tables, or any other unlawful Game he shall not play”