Indentures

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unitid

{"value"=>"2185", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"b19894898", "type"=>"local_b"}

{"type"=>"local_barcode"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 2185", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1822-1825", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1822/1825"}

{"value"=>"1855", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1855"}

date_inclusive_start

1822

date_inclusive_end

1855

keydate

1822

date_start

1822

date_end

1855

unittitle

{"value"=>"Indentures"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".21 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The Almshouse and Bridewell Commissioners were appointed by New York City Mayor James Duane in 1784 to supervise the two houses and to provide general relief to poor people living outside the houses. Indentures are for minor girls bound out as servants or apprenticed to learn housekeeping, and infants who were adopted. Printed forms filled in, signed by the principals, and endorsed by the commissioners."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Indentures, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"New York (N.Y.). Commissioners of the Alms-House, Bridewell, and Penitentiary", "type"=>"corpname", "role"=>"creator"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The Almshouse and Bridewell Commissioners were appointed by New York City Mayor James Duane in 1784 to supervise the two houses and to provide general relief to poor people living outside the houses.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Indentures of minor girls bound out as servants or apprenticed to learn housekeeping, and infants who were adopted. Printed forms filled in, signed by the principals, and endorsed by the commissioners.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Purchased from Municipal Reference Library and Department of Investigation, 1944.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Messick</span>, <span class=\"date\">2013</span></p>"}

extent_statement

.21 linear feet (1 box)

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