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Guide to the Early Modern Indentures collection, 1581-1908
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Collection Title: Early Modern Indentures collection
Dates: 1581-1908
Identification: M000023
Physical Description: 40.00 items
Repository:
Sutro Library, California State Library
1630 Holloway Avenue
5th floor
San Francisco, CA, 94132-4030
URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/about/sutro_main.html
Email: sutro@library.ca.gov
Phone: 415-469-6100
Abstract: A collection of 40 early modern indentures from the United States, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
The Sutro Library's collection of 40 early modern indentures are from primarily what is now the United States, Ireland, and
the United Kingdom. The earliest indenture dates to 1581 and the most recent is 1908. The documents vary in size, length,
and medium. Some are handwritten, others are printed, and some are a combination of both. The documents cover legal transactions
that are focused on property and are primarily in English. Many contain wax and embossed seals.
The artificial collection brings together these documents that came to the Sutro Library over the course of the Library's
existence.
The items in this collection were dispersed throughout the map drawers at Sutro Library and were brought together to create
an artificial collection. Several students created the inventory for this collection over the years of 2019-2020 and created
typed transcriptions for 12 of the items.
Property rights reside with the repository. Any applicable literary rights would reside with the creators of the documents
or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please email: sutro@library.ca.gov .
The collection is open for research. Please page materials three business days in advance of your visit by email: sutro@library.ca.gov
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[Identification of item] Early Modern Indentures collection, 1581-1908, M000023, Sutro Library, California State Library,
San Francisco, Calif.
The Tarlton Law Library, Jamail Center for Legal Research's Early Modern English Manuscripts collection is the largest legal
manuscript collection in an academic law library in the United States.
Information about related materials is available at https://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/early_modern_manuscripts/introduction
The collection is organized first by size of document, then location (with the United States first, followed by Ireland when
present, then Great Britian), and finally by date in ascending order. Item 40 is in Latin and the date and location are not
known.