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Saint Louis Circuit Court Free Negro Bond for Ellis 1 page Saint Louis, Missouri Saint Louis Circuit Court 1843-06-19

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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_B61f14i0116_1.tiff"/> <p>Know all men by these presents <lb/> that I <persName>Patsey Ellis</persName> as principal and <lb/> <persName>Samuel <choice> <orig>Rufsell</orig> </choice> </persName> and <persName>Misan Leshi</persName> <lb/> as sureties are held and firmly <lb/> bound unto the State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> in <lb/> the sum of two hundred Dollars <lb/> for the payment of which well and <lb/> truly to be made we bind ourselves <lb/> firmly by these presents in testimony <lb/> whereof we have hereunto set our <lb/> hands and seals this <date when="1843-06-19">19<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> day of June <lb/> AD 1843</date>. Now the condition of this <lb/> obligation is such that whereas the said <lb/> <persName>Patsey Ellis</persName> hath this day obtained license <lb/> to reside in the State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> as a <lb/> free colored person according to the statute in such case <unclear unit="word" quantity="1" rend="written"/> and <lb/> provided Now if the said <persName>Patsey</persName> shall <lb/> during her residence in said State <lb/> conduct herself in a peaceable and <lb/> orderly manner and be of good <lb/> behavior then this bond to be void <lb/> otherwise not </p> <closer> <signed>Patsey her x mark Ellis</signed> Seal<lb/> <signed>S <choice> <orig>Rufsell</orig> </choice> </signed> Seal<lb/> <signed>Misan Leshi</signed> Seal </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f14i0116_2.tiff"/> <p> <persName>Patsey Ellis</persName> <lb/> Bond<lb/> To the State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> </p> <p> Filed <date when="1843-06-19">June 19<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> 1843</date> </p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>