The Old Pike: A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes ThereonSearight, Thomas B. (Thomas Brownfield)
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The Old Pike: A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes Thereon
Searight, Thomas B. (Thomas Brownfield)
Cumberland Road; Pennsylvania -- Biography
He was extricated from his
perilous position in an unconscious state, carried home, and lingering
only a few hours, died. His remains were interred in the beautiful
cemetery near Brownsville, attended by a large concourse of sorrowing
citizens, including the Judges of the Courts and the members of the bar
of Fayette county, Pennsylvania.
[Footnote Y: Deceased.]
Following is an exact copy of the indenture which bound William Hatfield
to learn the trade of a blacksmith:
_This Indenture Witnesseth_: That William Hatfield, of the township
of Union, in the county of Fayette, State of Pennsylvania, hath put
himself by the approbation of his guardian, JOHN WITHROW, and by
these presents doth voluntarily put himself an apprentice to GEORGE
WINTERMUTE, of the township of Redstone, county and State
aforesaid, blacksmith, to learn his art, trade or mystery he now
occupieth or followeth, and after the manner of an apprentice to
serve him from the day of the date hereof, for and during the full
end and term of five years next ensuing, during all which time he,
the said apprentice, his said master shall faithfully serve, his
secrets keep, his lawful commands every where gladly obey; he shall
do no damage to his said master, nor suffer it to be done without
giving notice to his said master; he shall not waste his master's
goods, nor lend them unlawfully to others; he shall not absent
himself day or night from his master's service without his leave;
he shall not commit any unlawful deed, whereby his said master
shall sustain damage, nor contract matrimony within the said term;
he shall not buy nor sell, nor make any contract whatsomever,
whereby his master receive damage, but in all things behave himself
as a faithful apprentice ought to do during the said term. And the
said George Wintermute shall use the utmost of his endeavors to
teach, or cause to be taught and instructed, the said apprentice
the trade or mystery he now occupieth or followeth, and procure and
provide for him, the said apprentice, sufficient meat, drink,
common working apparel, washing, and lodging, fitting for an
apprentice during the said term; and further, he the said master,
doth agree to give unto the said apprentice, ten month's schooling
within the said term, and also the said master doth agree to give
unto the said apprentice two weeks in harvest in each and every
year that he, the said apprentice, shall stay with his said master;
also the said George Wintermute, doth agree to give unto the said
apprentice one good freedom suit of clothes. And for the true
performance of all and every the said covenants and agreements,
either of the said parties binds themselves to each other by these
presents.
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