Research

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Creator:

Western House of Refuge for Juvenile Delinquents (Rochester, N.Y.)

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of contractual agreements between reformatory managers, inmates, and employers (or "masters") to bind out inmates for vocational training until the age of twenty-one. In return for the inmate's labor, the master agreed to provide the inmate with clothing, room and board, medical .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

Hempstead (N.Y. : Town)

 

 

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Abstract:  

Microfilmed records from the Town of Hempstead include record and minute books of the town clerk (1644-1901 with gaps), including proceedings of town meetings, and notices of stray cattle, election returns, emancipated slaves, etc.; highway maps (1830-1958); survey maps (1797-1958); and maps of waterways .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

House of Refuge (New York, N.Y.)

 

 

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Abstract:  

These volumes contain contractual agreements between the reformatory managers, inmates, and employers for indentured labor or apprenticeships. Contracts specified the employer must teach a trade, literacy and arithmetic; provide food, clothing, shelter, and, end of the apprenticeship terms. Inmates .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives