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Document ID |
2018.1.01-16 |
Title |
Indenture: James Clement to work for John Bowne |
Date |
1663, May 30 (New Style) |
Scope & Content |
Agreement made in Amsterdam between John Bowne and James Clement of Buthropp Bridge in County Durham, England. Clement is to serve Bowne for six years in exchange for one-half the cost of his passage to New Netherland and a parting payment of two suits of clothes and 240 pounds of merchantable tobacco. |
Owner/Collector or Creator |
Bowne, John (1627-1695) |
Other Owner or Creator |
Clement, James |
Transcription |
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People in this document |
Bowne, John (1627-1695) Clement, James Lodge, John Halford, Francis |
Search Terms |
17th century Amsterdam Colonial documents Emigration Flushing, New York Indentures New Netherland period Servants |
Collection |
Bowne Family Papers of Flushing, Long Island |
Notes |
Clement assumed the office of Flushing Town Clerk in 1669 after finishing his six-year contract with John Bowne. |
Credit line |
Digitization of this document was made possible by the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation and the New York Preservation Archive Project (NYPAP). |
Other number |
BFP 1-16 |