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From: "McKillop & Co" <>
Subject: Re: [Mar] Apprentices, 1850s
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 13:06:38 -0000
References: <000001c1c35a$464bcbd0$6261c6c2@dawson> <010401c1c36e$1ad48a00$23597ad5@main>


You got a deal Rodney!
With the application for my GG Grandfather to enter the Greenwich school his widowed
mother had to sign a bond for £100, payable if he didn't complete his education and enter
the Royal Navy proper. This was 1833. To give an idea of the value of this sum: the
boy's father received a pension of £65 per year as a disabled ex Commander in 1829. Quite
an incentive.

regards,
Clare.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rodney Hall" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Mar] Apprentices, 1850s


> I'm afraid I cannot say for sure what applied in the 1850's, but I should
> think that was the case.
>
> I base this on my own Apprenticeship with Cunard, starting in 1958, when a
> bond of £30 was paid on signing Indentures. This was repaid on satisfactory
> completion (of 3 years) and in fact bought me my first sextant!
> --
> Rodney HALL
> Heywood, Lancashire
> Ut sementem feceris, ita metes - As you sow, so shall you reap
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles Dawson" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 8:55 AM
> Subject: [Mar] Apprentices, 1850s
>
>
> > Does anyone know if an apprentice on a British ship of the 1850s had to
> pay
> > a premium to join a ship - if so, how much, also how much a month he would
> > be paid?
> > Charles Dawson
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