ORIGINAL AUTHENTIC UK INDENTURE (CONTRACT) ON VELLUM FROM 1848 - 164 YEARS OLD!

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ORIGINAL AND AUTHENTIC UK INDENTURE ON VELLUM FROM 1848 - 164 YEARS OLD!

THIS CONTRACT IS STILL IN A VERY GOOD CONDITION (FOLDED) and consist of 2 large (70 cm x 60 cm) sheets of vellum, joined by two small red wax seals, dated 23 March 1848, regarding a debt of 300 pounds.

There are three blue ‘stamps’ for £3, £1 and 15/-

Still in a very good condition for its age with the usual vertical and horizontal folds.

SIZE: approx. 70cm X 60cm

An indenture is a legal contract between two parties particularly for indentured labour or a term of apprenticeship but also for certain land transactions. The term comes from the medieval English "indenture of retainer" a legal contract written in duplicate on the same sheet, with the copies separated by cutting along a jagged (toothed, hence the term "indenture") line so that the teeth of the two parts could later be refitted to confirm authenticity. Each party would then retain a part.

Vellum is a translucent material produced from the skin of a young animal, that has been soaked, limed and dried under tension on a stretching frame. The distinction between vellum and leather is that the former is not processed using tanning.