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Juvenile Asylum Indenture
William Moran was figured to be 11 years old on May 1, 1859 when he was indentured to Noble P. Heath of Centerville, Illinois.
The New York Juvenile Asylum, incorporated in New York City June 30, 1851 was allowed to indenture, or "bound out", under a law which involved three parties; the person taking the child, the state and the New York Juvenile Asylum.
The legal document describes in detail what is expected of each party.
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Genealogical Society printed a copy of the Moran-Heath indenture agreement in its 1991 quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 4.
The quarterly also stated a William Row, aged 11 and a Jane Dillon, aged 10, both born in Illinois were living with the Heath family but it is not known if the children were family.
You may write to the Society at Box 111, Monticello, IL 61856 or contact OTHSA for more information about the indenture.
A new free information sheet is available from OTHSA. Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for the new sheet, "Do You Have An Orphan Train Rider In Your Family
Institutions which conducted the placing out via trains:
New England Home For Little
Wanderers
850 Boylston St.
Boston, MA 02167
New York Foundling Hospital 590 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10011
Children’s Aid Society 150 E. 45th St.
New York, NY 10017
CROSSROADS Vol. 18, January, 1992 page 5