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Saint Louis Circuit Court Free Negro Bond for Castle 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 performed initial transcription and encoding</change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <div1 rend="handwritten"> <div2 rend="horizontal"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f14i0108_1.tiff"/> <p>Know all men by these presents that we <persName>Robert Castle</persName> as principal <lb/> and <persName>J.J. Clark</persName> as security both of the County of Saint Louis and State of <lb/> <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> are held and firmly bound unto the State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> in the just <lb/> and full sum of two hundred dollars for the payment of which sum well <lb/> and truly to be made we bind ourselves our heirs and legal representatives </p> <p>Witness our hands and seals at Saint Louis this <date when="1843-05-04">fourth day of <lb/> May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty three</date>._ </p> <p>The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the <lb/> County Court of the County of St. Louis has granted to the said <persName>Robert Castle</persName> <lb/> as license to reside in the State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> under the provisions of an <lb/> act entitled "an act mroe effectually to prevent free persons of color <lb/> from entering into this State and for other purposes" approved <date when="1843-02-23">Feb. <lb/> 23, 1843</date> _ Now if the said <persName>Robert Castle</persName> shall be of good behavior <lb/> as required by said act then this bond to be void and of no effect other- <lb rend="hyphen"/> wise to remain in full force and virtue </p> <closer> Witness<lb/> <signed>Henry J. Wise</signed> <lb/> <signed>Robert his x mark Castle</signed> Seal<lb/> <signed>J.J. Clark</signed> Seal </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f14i0108_2.tiff"/> <p> <persName>Robert Castle</persName> <lb/> To Bond <lb/> The State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> </p> <p> <hi rend="underline"> <date when="1843-05-04">May 4, 1843</date>.</hi> </p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>