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                    <p>Know all men by these presents that we <persName>Nace <lb/>
                        Wilson</persName> as principal and <persName>Henry S King</persName> and <lb/>
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                  </choice> in the just and full <lb/>
                        sum of One Thousand Dollars for the payment <lb/>
                        of which sum well and truly to be made we <lb/>
                        bind ourselves, our heirs and legal representatives <lb/>
                        Sealed with our seals and dated at St Louis this <lb/>
                        <date when="1846-12-05">5<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> day of December A.D. 1846</date>,
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                    <p>The Condition of the above obligation is such <lb/>
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                        of Saint Louis did on the <date when="1846-12-05">5<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> day of December <lb/>
                        eighteen hundred and forty six</date> grant to the said <lb/>
                        <persName>Nace Wilson</persName> a license to reside in the <lb/>
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                        an orderly Citizen then this bond to be void otherwise <lb/>
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                        Filed <date when="1846-12-05">5 Dec 46</date>
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