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Title
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Belle Air
Description
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Items relating to the Belle Air estate and the people who lived on the property between John Rudolph's purchase of it in 1806 and its sale to the Augustinians in 1841.
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Title
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Indenture of Servitude for Ann Blackston
Description
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Indenture of servitude for Ann Blackston to John Rudolph and his wife Elizabeth for eight years and twenty-two days.<br /><br />John Rudolph was the owner of the Belle Air property, much of what is now Villanova's campus, and Elizabeth was his second wife.<br /><br />The document states that Ann was to learn the "art of housewifery," and the Rudolphs were to provide food, water, clothing, and lodging. Additionally, the Rudolphs were to "give her fourteen months schooling three months the last year of her term and when free give her two complete suits of apparel one whereof to be new and also give her father now twenty dollars in cash. Her father, William Blackston, a Philadelphia laborer, consented to the document, and it was signed with Ann Blackston's mark, William Blackston's mark, and Abraham Shoemaker's signature.
Date
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1812-11-19
Rights
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<a href="https://digital.library.villanova.edu/copyright.html#passthrough">Villanova University Digital Library - Copyright Statement</a>
Creator
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Abraham Shoemaker
Language
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English
Source
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<a href="https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:96295#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=-667%2C622%2C7170%2C8418">Villanova University Digital Library</a>
Format
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Certificate of Indenture
Ann Blackston
Elizabeth Rudolph
Indenture
John Rudolph
William Blackston