Lutecia "…a free colored girl of copper color aged about 13 years being by the Sheriff produced in Court for the purpose of being disposed of according to law, is bound to John B. Collier until the said girl arrives at the age of 21 years and then said Lutecia and the said John B. Collier entered into agreement that the said Lutecia is to serve the said John B. Collier as an apprentice during said term of service and the said John B. Collier binds himself to give the said Lutecia the sum of $25.00 in lieu of education provided by law and 2 suits of good clothes to be worth $20.00 for white apprentices, which agreement is signed, sealed, acknowledged and made a part of the record of this Court." (Researcher's note: In March 1839 John B. Collier was appointed a Platte County, Missouri, Justice of the Peace, by Missouri Governor Boggs)
