JB/538/302/001

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Dear Sir

I am now enabled to send you the particulars
you were kind enough to require.

Aug. 2. 1770
My Brother, Samuel Bentham, went apprentice to
Mr Gray, then Master Shipwright at Woolwich, for 7 years.
In 177 He followed Mr Gray to Chatham upon his being
made Master Shipwright at that place:

In 177
Mr Gray died: whereupon my Brother continued
in the yard at Chatham as apprentice to Mr Gray's Executrix

11 Jan:y 1778 His time being out he was discharged of course
Aug. 2d 1777 The term of his apprenticeship according to the Indres should regularly have expired. However on
account of some uncertainties that arose from the circumstances
of the time and manner of his being enter'd on the books
at Chatham, he thought it advisable to continue continued to serve till
11 Jan:y 1778 On which day the his apprenticeship being indubitably cle clearly

Identifier: | JB/538/302/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 538.
Date_1	1779-02-26	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	538	Main Headings
Folio number	302	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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