London Evening Post in London, Middlesex

Apprenticeship Indenture and Tips for Orphaned Girl

The document records a marine society apprenticeship forcing a thirteen year old girl from Westminster into five years of service, with fees and clothing paid from Hicks's charity. It emphasizes obedience, moral conduct, abstinence from drunkenness and vice, prayer, and strict supervision by the mistress, warning of penalties like vagrancy and detention. It includes exhortations against stealing swearing and excessive play, framed in religious language and a morning prayer.