Indenture of Sophia Haas in favor of Dr. John Watkins, New Orleans

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Title: Indenture of Sophia Haas in favor of Dr. John Watkins, New Orleans
Date Created: 1806-11-28
Description: John Martin Haas and his wife Sophia, natives of the Principality of Orange, indentured their daughter Sophia Haas, age four, for the term of twelve years to Dr. John Watkins, Mayor of New Orleans, for the sum of $140, passage money from Hamburg to New Orleans on the Lewis William, paid to Benjamin Morgan, shipowner.
Topical Subject(s): Documents
Business & finance
Contracts
Language: eng
Notes (Physical): Document. Signed: J.M. Haas; John Watkins (twice, once as Mayor); Mansury Pelletier, witness. In English.
Type of Resource: text
Source: Rosemonde E. & Emile Kuntz collection: National period, 1804-1950, Manuscripts Collection 600, La Research Collection,
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