Employment Contract between Cornelia Brooks and F. C. Twyman
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Scope and Contents
Contract between Cornelia Brooks and F.C. Twyman for hiring her son Frank for "the whole of the present year...Twyman agrees to give him for his services his necessary board tgether with one suit of summer & one suit of winter clothes & one pair of winter shoes and she the said Cornelia Brooks (coloured woman) binds herself to live with & work diligently and faithfully for said Twyman during the year - to do necessary housework, cooking...to do what she can to promote the general interest of said Twyman...on the following terms..." Notarized with stamp by B. Herndon, Greene County [Virginia]. January 9, 1867.
Dates
- Creation: 1867 January 9
Creator
- Brooks, Cornelia (Person)
- Twyman, F.C. (Person)
Language of Materials
English
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- Title
- Guide to the Employment Contract between Cornelia Brooks and F. C. Twyman
- Date
- 2016-12-19
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The collection description/finding aid is written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository