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Saint Louis Circuit Court Free Negro Bond for Titus 1 page Saint Louis, Missouri Saint Louis Circuit Court 1843-05-04

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</bibl> </taxonomy> </classDecl> </encodingDesc> <profileDesc> <langUsage> <language ident="eng">English</language> </langUsage> <textClass> <keywords scheme="local"> <list> <item n="Topical"/> <item n="Topical"/> </list> </keywords> </textClass> </profileDesc> <revisionDesc> <change when="2012-07-16">APJ transcribed and encoded</change> <change when="2012-07-12">APJ performed initial transcription and encoding</change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <div1 rend="handwritten"> <div2 rend="horizontal"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f14i0094_1.tiff"/> <p>Know all men by these presents that we <lb/> <persName>John Titus</persName> as principal and <persName>Charles Scott</persName> <lb/> as security are sealed & firmly bound unto the State of <lb/> <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> in the sum of two hundred dollars each, <lb/> that is to say the said <persName>John Titus</persName> as principal and in <lb/> the sum of two hundred dollars and the said <lb/> <persName>Charles Scott</persName> as security in the sum of two <lb/> hundred dollars for the true payment of which <lb/> sums well & truly to be made the said <persName>John</persName> <lb/> as principal & the said <persName>Charles Scott</persName> <lb/> as security hereby bind themselves their heirs <lb/> executors, & administrators firmly by these <lb/> presents sealed with their seal & dated this <lb/> <date when="1843-05-04">fourth day of May AD 1843</date> </p> <p>Now the condition of this Bond is such <lb/> that whereas the County Court of St Louis <lb/> County hath granted to the above bounden <lb/> <persName>John</persName> a license to reside & remain in the <lb/> State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> according to the statute in <lb/> such case made & provided </p> <p>Now if said <persName>John</persName> shall be of good behaviour <lb/> while he remains in said state then this bond <lb/> to be void otherwise to remain in full force </p> <closer> Attest<lb/> <signed>AM Gardner</signed> <lb/> <signed>John his x mark Titus</signed> Seal <lb/> <signed>Chas. Scott</signed> Seal </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f14i0094_2.tiff"/> <p> <persName>John Titus</persName> <lb/> To Bond <lb/> State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> </p> <p> <date when="1843-05-04">May 4, 1843</date>.</p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>