Greene County NcArchives Photo Document.....Edmund Harper 1866
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Greene Co., NC
U.S., Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865-1878 Assistant Commissioner M843 35
The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
16 February 1866
Edmund HARPER

INDENTURE OF APPRENTICESHIP

State of North Carolina
Greene County

This Indenture, Made this 16 day of February 1866, between The Bureau of 
Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands of the one part, and Edmund HARPER of 
the other part;
Witnesseth, That the said Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands doth 
put, place, and bind unto the said Edmund HARPER, orphan, named Amanda age 8 
years, to receive as stated below, Seventy five Dollars,

to live after the manner of an apprentice and servant, until the said apprentice 
shall attain the age of twenty-one years: during all which time the said 
apprentice her master faithfully shall serve, and his lawful commands everywhere 
obey. And the said Edmund HARPER doth covenant, and promise, and agree, that he 
will teach and instruct the said apprentice, or cause her to be taught and 
instructed, to read and write; and that he will constantly find and provide for 
said apprentice, during the term aforesaid, sufficient diet, washing lodging and 
apparel, fitting for an apprentice; and also all other things necessary, both in 
sickness and in health; and at the expiration of said apprenticeship, shall pay 
to the said Amanda the amount of money set opposite their names, a suit of new 
clothes, and a new Bible.
In Witness Whereof, the parties to these presents have set their hands and seals 
the day and year above written.


Geo. O. GLAVIS?(Seal)
Ass’t Sup’t Bu. Ref., Fr. and  Aban. Lands,
Sub-District of Goldsboro

Edmund (his X mark) HARPER (Seal)


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