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1. The Principal of
the School, together with the Steward and Matron,
shall, annually, or oftener if necessary, prepare a
list of the boys and girls who are prepared to leave
the Institution, and report said list to the Board.
And the same being approved, the children upon the
list shall be presented, singly, to all suitable
applicants for apprentices in the presence of a
Commissioner, or of the Steward, Matron, or Principal
of the School. No child shall be dismissed from the
care of the Institution, or be bound out, except an
order to that effect be made by the Board. Nor shall
anyone be allowed to approach any child with offers or
inducements to leave the Institution without the
express permission of the Board, the Chairman, or the
Visiting Commissioner. Reference:
Murray, J. E. (2004). Literacy Acquisition in an
Orphanage: A Historical-Longitudinal Case Study.
American Journal Of Education, 110(2), 176. 2.
Because the bottom half of the Indenture
papers concerned the master’s responsibilities to feed,
shelter, and train the child, he (or in about one-fifth
of the cases, she) also endorsed the agreement by a
signature or mark.
Possibly because Orphan House policy was to bind
children to particular masters or mistresses only if the
child was willing, the child also signed or marked a
second time at the bottom.
Reference:
Murray, J. E. (2004). Literacy Acquisition in an
Orphanage: A Historical-Longitudinal Case Study.
American Journal Of Education, 110(2), 175. |