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Apprentice Indenture Documents
from the District of Columbia Archives
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Apprentice Indenture Documents
from the District of Columbia Archives
Furnished by : John G. Sharp ©
APPRENTICESHIP No 1784 (Vol. V, 296)
Thomas Mitchell } District of Columbia }
To } Washington County } to wit
}
James Tucker } We the Subscribers Justices of the Peace in and for the Said
} County, by virtue of the act of assembly entitled a "A supplement
to the act for the better regulation of apprentices" have bound out an placed by these
presents do bind out as an apprentice with the consent of his mother, Thomas Mitchell an
orphan, to serve six years from the first day of March One thousand eight hundred and
forty-one , unto James Tucker Blacksmith until he the said Thomas Mitchell shall arrive
to the age of twenty one years, during which time James Tucker Blacksmith during which
time he shall with and only behave conduct deem himself in every respect as a good and
faithful apprentice ought to do toward his said master; and the said master James Tucker
is to pay his said Mother Eleanor Hall formerly Eleanor Mitchell one half of the said
apprentices wages during his apprenticeship: and also to teach him the art or trade of
Blacksmith and the mother Eleanor Hall to find him sufficient meat drink, clothes,
washing, lodging & other necessities during his apprenticeship to cause to be taught to
read write and cast up accounts, and in Consideration of the said Mother receiving one
half of the said apprentice pay
Given under our hands and Seals this 12th day of May 1841
James Marshall {SEAL}
Geo. Adams {SEAL}
To the Register of Wills }
for Washington County }
Recorded June 1st 1841
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Transcription:
This transcription is from copy of the holographic original from the District of Columbia Indentures of Apprenticeship Volume V, page 169. In transcribing this document, I have retained the original spelling, punctuation use of ampersands dashes and the strikeovers found in the original. My thanks to Mr. Ali Rahmaan, District of Columbia Archivist, for his research, and for finding and graciously providing this copy of the original indenture for transcription. . John G. Sharp July 21, 2008
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Notes
The supplement to District of Columbia Apprentice ship Act ( referred to above) provided the District of Columbia Orphans Court with the power to place "poor orphan children, and the children of drunkard, vagrants and paupers" out as apprentices. Consequently the signatures of parents were not always required although in this case the placing of Thomas Mitchell appears to have been amicably settled.
Thomas Mitchell, despite a considerable search I was unable to find any records for James Tucker: Master Blacksmith 1786 -1865 James Tucker was buried at the Congressional Cemetery he died 7 August 1865 R 51/145. The 1850 US Census for the District of Columbia enumerates James Tuck as age 64 years of age and lists him as born in England. He lives in the 6th Ward. His wife Genifer Tucker is 58 years of age their daughter Emma Tucker age 25 years of age is living with them.
James Tucker is listed on the 1819 -1820 WNY Pay Roll as Blacksmith at the rate of $ 1.80 per day.
James Tucker is also listed on the April 1829 Pay Roll for the Washington Navy Yard as Anchor Smith, [Foremen] The same April 1829 document lists Striker, William Brown, a slave, of James Tucker who Tucker leased to the Yard at 80 cents per day. John Farrar apprentice listed as James Tucker's apprentice and is paid 52 cents per day.
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