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shall not Play ; Taverns or Ale Houses he shall not haunt or 

 frequent ; Fornication he shall not Commit, Matrimony he shall 

 not Contract ; from the Service of his said Master he shall not 

 at any time depart or absent himself e without Ms said Master's 

 Leave : but in all things as a good and faithful Apprentice 

 Shall and Will Demean and behave himself e towards his said 

 Master and all his, During the said Term, and the Said 

 Master his Apprentice the said Art of Throwing and Handleing 

 which he now useth, with all things thereunto, shall and will 

 Teach and Instruct, or Cause to be well and Sufficiently 

 Taught and Instructed after the best way and manner he can ; 

 and shall and will also find and allow unto the Said Appren- 

 tice Meat, Drink, Washing and Lodging, and Apparell of all 

 kinds, both Linen and Woolen, and all other Necessaries, both 

 in Sickness and in Health, meet and Convenient for such an 

 Apprentice During the Term aforesaid, and for the true 

 performance of all and Every the said Covenants and Agree- 

 ments either of the Said Parties Bindeth himself e unto Each 

 other by these presents, in Witness wereofthey have Interchange- 

 able Set their hands and Seals the Day and year before mentioned. 



" JOSIAH WEDGWOOD. 



" Sealed and Delivered! " MARY WEDGWOOD. 



in the presence of j " THOS. WEDGWOOD. 



" SAMUEL ASTBURY. 

 "ABNER WEDGWOOD." 



This indenture, by which it will be seen Josiah Wedgwood 

 was bound apprentice to his eldest brother, Thomas, for a 

 period of five years, " to learn his art, mistery, occupation, 

 or imployment of Throwing and Handleing," is signed by 

 himself, his mother, and brother Thomas, as the three parties 

 to the deed, and attested by Samuel Astbury and Abner 

 Wedgwood. Of these signatures, so historically interesting, 

 I give on the next page a carefully engraved fac- simile. 



Abner Wedgwood, whose signature here appears, must 

 have been either uncle or brother to Josiah for there were 

 two Abners but I am inclined to believe the latter, who 



