The shoe industry . more ingeniouscolonists learned to make shoes by hand, oftenserving an apprenticeship of seven years, and thetrade gradually passed far beyond its Europeanstages. From these simple beginnings sprang thegreat industry of American shoemaking. An Indenture Paper. Following is a copy of theoriginal agreement by which boys were apprenticedto the shoemaking trade in the early part of the lastcentury. The original is now in the possession ofMr. Charles Wellesley Allen, Brooklyn, N. Y. This Indenture, Witnesseth, That John Goedersoon, now aged fourteenyears, eight months and twenty
The shoe industry . more ingeniouscolonists learned to make shoes by hand, oftenserving an apprenticeship of seven years, and thetrade gradually passed far beyond its Europeanstages. From these simple beginnings sprang thegreat industry of American shoemaking. An Indenture Paper. Following is a copy of theoriginal agreement by which boys were apprenticedto the shoemaking trade in the early part of the lastcentury. The original is now in the possession ofMr. Charles Wellesley Allen, Brooklyn, N. Y. This Indenture, Witnesseth, That John Goedersoon, now aged fourteenyears, eight months and twenty-seven days,by and with the consent of his step-father, JohnWright, and his mother, Mary Wright, hathput himself and, by these presents, doth vol-untarily and of his own free will and accord,put himself Apprentice to Frederick Seely ofthe City of New York, Cordwainer, and afterthe manner of an Apprentice to serve from theday of the date hereof for and during, and untilthe full end and term of six years, three months. 29 Historical Sketch 31 and three days next ensuing during all whichtime the said Apprentice shall his master faith-fully serve, his secrets keep, his commandseverywhere readily obey. He shall do no damage to his said Masternor see it done by others, without letting orgiving notice thereof to his said Master. Heshall not waste his said Masters goods nor lendunlawfully to any. He shall not contract matri-mony within the said term; at Cards, Dice, orany unlawful game he shall not play, wherebyhis Master may have damages. With his owngoods nor the goods of others, without licensefrom his said Master. . He shall neitherbuy nor sell. He shall not absent himself, dayor night, from his said Masters service withoutleave, nor haunt ale-houses, taverns or play-houses; but in all things behave as a faithfulApprentice ought to do, during the said term. And the said Master shall use the utmostof his endeavors to teach, or cause to be taughtor instructed, the said Apprentice in
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