Verse begins: "Of a worthy London 'prentice"., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "John Marshall, John Evans, and the Cheap Repository tracts, 1793-1800", PBSA 107:1 (2013), 81-118, In four columns, with the title and illustration above the first two; the imprint is under the last two columns, below a single rule; the columns are not separated by rules., Cf. ESTC no. T36639 with imprint: Printed and sold by J. Evans, No. 41, Long-lane, West-Smithfield, London., Mounted on leaf 70. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Evans, No. 41 Long-Lane, London
This indenture, made the day of in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord ...
Description:
A printed form for the use by Church-Wardens and overseers of the poor., Title from first line of text., Form completed in manuscript, from the Parish of Stone, Staffordshire, setting out the terms of apprenticeship for Mary Adderley, aged 9, ‘a poor child of the said Parish’, to be taught and instructed by John Vernon in ‘the business of a housewife’, until the age of 21 or until her marrying. Signed by the Justices of the Peace, Thomas Anson and Walter Bagot, with a small wax seal., Also annotated on the verso with a summary of the apprenticeship terms, signed and dated by the officials., and For further information, consult library staff.
