New London County CT Archives History .....Tom Harry Vs. Symonds Whipple, Court Case November 12, 1759
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New London County Court, Nov. 1759, File #81:
   Tom Harry and wife Judith, Indians of Stonington,  sued Symonds Whipple of 
Stonington for failure to carry out his part of the indenture agreement, dated 
April 1, 1745, by which their daughter Rest, aged four on March 3 last, was 
bound to Whipple.  Rest was to serve Whipple until she reached age 18.  Whipple 
was to provide meat, drink, apparel and all the necessaries of life, to teach 
her good housewifery, and to teach her to read English, and to teach her 
the "Assembly Divine's Catechism."  Upon completion of her apprenticeship, Rest 
was to receive "two suits of apparel for all parts of her body suitable to her 
degree" and six pounds in Old Tenor bills of credit and one Bible.
   The Harrys argued that Whipple never took any pains to teach her good 
housewifery and never taught her to read English or the cathechism.  
Futhermore, Rest never received the apparel, the six pounds or the Bible, 
although she had faithfully fulfilled her part of the indenture agreement.

Additional Comments:
This information is taken from the writ or summons served to Symonds, which 
also included a copy of the original indenture agreement.

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