his executors, administrators and assigns, in all and every his accounts, reckonings, bargains and dealings relating to his said employment: And shall constantly, once in six months, during the term aforesaid, transmit and give in to the said A B, his executors, administrators, or assigns, true accounts of all the business and dealings of him the said C D in the premises: And shall also send letters of advice to the said A B when abroad, of all occurrences wherewith it shall be proper the said A B should be acquainted. And it is further agreed that the said C D shall from time to time, upon reasonable request, shew and produce all his books of accounts concerning his dealings aforesaid, and make and give unto the said A B, his executors, administrators or assigns, a just, true, and faithful account in writing, of, for, and concerning all and every such goods, wares, money, debts and merchandizes whatsoever, as well of the said A B for his own proper use, as jointly with any other person, or persons, which shall hereafter come to the hands or charge of him the said C D, or for which the said C D should or ought to be accountable unto the said A B, his executors, administrators or assigns And likewise that he the said C D shall, within one month next after such account made and given him in, well and truly pay and deliver to the said A B, his executors, administrators or assigns, all and every such wares, money, goods, debts, merchandizes, and other things whatsoever, as by or upon the foot of the said final account shall appear, and be found due and belonging to him the said A B, his executors, administrators or assigns, by or from the said CD. In witness, &c.

W

To make an assignment of a Lease.

Article, &c.

HEREAS J. B. hath by his deed indented, dated,

&c. demised, and to farm letten unto the said A B all that messuage, &c. To have and to hold to him the said A B his, &c. (reciting the lease) as by the said deed more fully appears: Now the said A B in consideration, &c. doth hereby for himself, &c. That he the said A B before the &c. day of, &c. shall and will, at the costs of

him the said C D, his executors or administrators, by deed indented, assure, assign and grant over to the said CD his, &c. the said messuage, &c. and all his estate, right, title and demand therein: To have and to hold to the said C D his &c. during the residue of the said term of years then to come of, in and to the same, by virtue of the said deed indented under the rents, covenants and agreements therein specified. In witness, &c.

An agreement for an hired servant.

RTICLES of agreement indented, &c. between W S of the one part, and W M of the other part, as follows, viz.

'I he said W M for the consideration herein mentioned, doth covenant, promise and agree, to and with the said W S, his executors, administrators and assigns, by these presents, in manner following, that is to say, that the said W M shall and will for and during the term and time of

years, to begin and be accounted from the date of these presents, serve, abide, and continue with the said W S, his executors, administrators and assigns, his and their covenant servant, and diligently and faithfully, according to the best and utmost of his power, skill and knowledge, exercise and employ himself in, and do and perform such service and business whatsoever, as well relating to the trade of which the said W S now useth, as in and about all other business, matters and things whatsoever, as the said W S shall from time to time order, direct and appoint, to and for the most profit and advantage of the said W S, that he can, and shall and wil keep the secrets of the said W S relating to the said trade and business; and likewise be just, true and faithful to the said W S in all matters and things, and no ways wrongfully to detain, embezzle, or purloin any monies, goods or things whatsoever, belonging to the said W S. And also shall and will keep just, true and faithful accounts in the books of the said W S of all goods bought and sold, monies received and paid, and all other things whatsoever, relating to the business of the said W S as shall be committed to his care, management or disposal; and from time to time shall pay all monies which he shall

receive, of, or belonging to, or by order of the said W S into his hands, and make and give up true and fair ac counts of all his actions and doings in the said employment, without fraud or delay, when and as often as he shall be thereto required. And in consideration of the premises, and of the several matters and things by the said W M to be performed as aforesaid, the said W S doth for himself, his executors and administrators, covenant, promise and agree, to and with the said W M by these presents, that the said W S, his executors and administrators, shall and will find and provide unto and for the said W M in his dwelling house, meat, drink, washing and lodging; and also well and truly pay, or cause to be paid unto the said W M, his executors, administrators or assigns, the sum of a year, of lawful money of for the first years, by equal quarterly payments, and shall and will allow the said W M such reasonable expenses in and about the business aforesaid as he the said W S shall think fit: And said parties do mutually covenant and agree to and with each other, viz. That if the said W S shall not be willing to continue the said W M in his service after the expiration of the said years or if the said W M shall not be willing to continue with the said W S after the expiration of the said years; in either of the said cases the said parties shall and will give months notice of such their mind and intention, before the expiration of the said term. In witness, c.**

Minutes of Agreement on a sale of Wheat.

ME

EMORANDUM-It is agreed by and between E F of &c. That he the said G H in consideration of three hundred bushels of wheat sold to him this day by the said E F and by him agreed to be delivered to the said G H free of all charges and expenses whatsoever at, on or before &c. next, shall and will pay, or cause to be paid to the said E F or his assigns within three months after such delivery, the sum of &c. And the said E F in consideration of the agreement aforesaid, of the said G H doth promise and agree, on or before, &c. aforesaid, at his own proper expense, to send in and deliver to the said G

H or his assigns, the said three hundred bushels of wheat so sold him as aforesaid, and that he the said E F shall and will warrant the same to be good, clean and merchantable grain. In witness whereof the parties above named have hereunto set their hands, &c. Witness, c.

Minutes of Agreement between a Housekeeper and his Lodger.

EMORANDUM-It is agreed by and between E

said E F in consideration of the rent hereinafter mentioned and agreed to be paid to him, hath letten to the said G H one room, up two flights of stairs forwards, part of the now dwelling house of the said E F situate, &c. together with the furniture at present standing therein, that is to say, one table, &c. To hold to the said G H for the term of two years, to commence from, &c. at the yearly rent of, &c. to be paid quarterly to the said E F at, &c.

The said G H in consideration hereof agrees to pay the aforesaid yearly rent of, &c. at the times above limited for payment thereof and at the end of the term, or in case of any default in the payment, shall and will, on request of the said E F or his assigns, immediately yield and deliver up to him or them, the peaceable and quiet possession of the said room, together with the whole furniture, he, from the first entrance thereon, there found and possessed, in good and sufficient plight and condition, reasonable wear and tear only excepted. In witness, &c.

An Indenture of Co-partnership between two

Booksellers.

HIS Indenture, made the day of THIS

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between A B gentleman and

stationer of of the one part, and C D also gentleman and stationer of aforesaid, of the other part,

witnesseth, that the said A B and C D having had experience of cach other's care and fidelity, and in confidence thereof, for the future, have agreed upon a co-partnership and joint trade, in carrying on of the trade of printing

and bookselling, and therefore each of them doth respectively, and for their several and respective executors and administrators, covenant, promise and agree, to and with the other of them, his executors and administrators, by these presents, that from and after the

day of next ensuing the date of these presents, they the said A B and C D shall be and continue copartners and joint traders in the art, trade, mystery and business of a bookseller, that is to say, in buying, selling, vending, exchanging, printing and uttering of all sorts of books and other things incident and belonging to the trade of a bookseller; and also in the management and doing of all such other business, as they shall think fit and mutually agree and consent to trade in, for and during, and until the full end and term of seven years, from thenceforth next ensuing, and fully to be complete and ended, if they shall both so long live. And for the carrying on of the said joint trade, each of the said parties to these presents doth covenant, promise, grant and agree, to and with the other of them, that they will each of them bring in severally into the said joint trade and stock, in money and goods, to be used in the said trade, on or before the said. day ofnext ensuing the date hereof, the full sum or value of of lawful money of to be used and employed in the said joint trade, upon the said joint account. And it is herein and hereby also mutually covenanted and agreed, by and between the said parties to these presents, that the said trade of a bookseller shall be carried on and managed at the shop and warehouse at the situate in - or at any other place they the said parties to these presents shall agree upon for the purpose. And for the orderly proceeding in and carrying on of the said intended trade or business, it is mutually covenanted, concluded and agreed upon, by and between the said parties to these presents, and each of them doth for himself respectively covenant, promise, grant and agree, to and with the other of them, his executors and administrators, by these presents, in manner and form following, that is to say; that they the said A B and C D shall be just and faithful to each other, in all their buyings, sellings, accounts, reckonings, disbursements and dealings concerning the said co-partnership, and shall each of them endeavor by all just care and dili