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ARTICLES of Agreement indented,made, concluded and agreed upon, the twenty** 

 eighth day of September, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven 

 Hundred and Forty Three, and in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of 

 our Sovereign Lord King George the Second, over Great Britain and so 

 forth, between Aaron Wood, of Burslem, in the County of Stafford, 

 Earth-potter, of the one part, and John Mitchell, of Burslem aforesaid, 

 Earth-potter, of the other part, as follows : 



" First, The sard Aaron Wood, for the consideration hereunder 

 mentioned, doth covenant, promise, and agree, to and with the said 

 John Mitchell, his executors, administrators, and assigns, by these 

 presents in manner following (that is to say) that he the said 

 Aaron Wood shall and will, for and during the term and time of 

 seven years, to begin and be accounted from the eleventh day of 

 November next ensuing the date of these presents, abide and con- 

 tinue with the said John Mitchell, his executors, administrators, and 

 assigns, as his and their hired and covenant servant, and diti- 

 gently and faithfully, according to the best and utmost of his 

 power, skill, and knowledge, exercise and employ himself, and do 

 and perform all such service and business whatsoever relating to 

 the trade of a earth-potter which he the said John Mitchell useth, 

 as he the said John Mitchell shall from time to time during the 

 the term aforesaid order direct and appoint, to and for the most 

 profit and advantage of the said John Mitchell that he can, and 

 shall and will keep the secrets of the said John Mitchell relating 

 to the said trade or business, and likewise be just, true, and fafth- 

 ful to the said John Mitchell in all matters and things, and no 

 ways wrongfully detain, embezzle, or purloin any monies, goods, or 

 things whatsoever belonging to the said John Mitchell, but shall 

 and will from trme to time pay all monies which he shall receive or 

 belonging to or by order of the said John Mitchell into his hands, 

 and make and give up fair accounts of all his actings and doings 

 in the said employment without fraud or delay, when and as oftea 

 he shall be thereto required. And in consideration of the premises 

 of the several matters and things by the said Aaron Wood to OB 

 performed as aforesaid, the said John Mitchell doth for himself, his 

 executors and administrators, covenant, promise, and agree to and 

 with the said Aaron Wood by these presents, that he the said John 

 Mitchell shall and will well and truly pay or cause to be 'paid unto 

 the said Aaron Wood, the sum of seven shillings of good and law- 

 ful money of Great Britain, by weekly payments, for every six days 

 that the said Aaron Wood shall work with the said John Mitchell 

 as aforesaid during the said term ; and also shall and will well and 



