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Saint Louis Circuit Court Free Negro Bond for Berry 1 page Saint Louis, Missouri Saint Louis Circuit Court 1843-05-03

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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="2012-07-11">APJ transcribed and encoded</change> <change when="2012-07-10">APJ performed initial transcription and encoding</change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <div1 rend="handwritten"> <div2 rend="horizontal"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f13i0038_1.tiff"/> <p>Know all men by these presents that I <persName>James <lb/> Berry</persName> as principal and <persName>Duncan S. Carter</persName> <lb/> as security are held and firmly bound <lb/> unto the State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> in the just and full <lb/> sum of four hundred dollars that is to say <lb/> the said <persName>James Berry</persName> and <persName>Duncan S. Carter</persName> <lb/> in the sum of two hundred dollars each for the <lb/> true payment of which we hind ourselves <lb/> one and each of our heirs executors administrators <lb/> and <choice> <orig>afsigns</orig> </choice> jointly and severally firmly by these presents <lb/> sealed with our seals and dated this the <date when="1843-05-03">third <lb/> day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand <lb/> eight hundred and forty three</date>. </p> <p>The condition of the above oblig- <lb rend="hyphen"/> ation is such whereas the said <persName>James Berry</persName> <lb/> has this day obtained from the County Court of St <lb/> Louis County a license to remain in the state <lb/> under the provisions of an act of the General <lb/> <choice> <orig>Afsembly</orig> </choice> of the State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> entitled <lb/> "An Act more effectually to prevent free <lb/> persons of color from entering into this state <lb/> and for other purposes" approved <date when="1843-02-23">February <lb/> the twenty third in the year of our Lord <lb/> one thousand eight hundred and forty three</date> </p> <p>Now if the said <persName>James Berry</persName> <lb/> shall be of good behavior during the continu- <lb rend="hyphen"/> ance of said license then the above obligation <lb/> to be void else to be & remain in full <lb/> force and effect. </p> <closer> <signed>James his x mark Berry</signed> Seal<lb/> <signed>D.S. Carter</signed> Seal </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f13i0038_2.tiff"/> <p> <persName>Nancy Anderson</persName> <lb/> To Bond <lb/> State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> </p> <p> <date when="1843-05-03">3rd May 1843</date> </p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>