Answer:
Robert Livingston, as a teacher, had an obligation to use the best and best applied means to teach or allow someone to teach his apprentice the Art and Mystery of a Marchent. In addition, the master should be responsible for hosting and feeding the apprentice, allowing him to have access to sufficient meat and drink.
Explanation:
During the colonial period, it was common in America for adolescents and children to be handed over to a "master" to learn a professional trade. This was an inexpensive way that some men adopted to have employees and that some families adopted so that their children learned a profession and to reduce the domestic expenses.
The relationship between master and apprentice was established by a contract called "indentures". An example of this contract is what was formed between apprentice John Reid Jr. and master Robert Livingston Jr. This contract lasted for 5 years and in addition to informing the apprentice's obligations, he informed that Livingston, as a master, should provide shelter, food and drink, as well as teaching the Art and Mystery of a merchant in the best possible way.
