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Saint Louis Circuit Court Free Negro Bond for Lewis 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">GAL performed initial transcription and encoding</change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <div1 rend="handwritten"> <div2 rend="horizontal"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f14i0083_1.tiff"/> <p> Know all men by these presents that we <persName>Margaret<lb/> Lewis</persName> as principal and <persName>Absalom Boyd</persName> as security<lb/> are held and firmly bound unto the state of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice>--<lb/> In the sum of two hundred dollars each that is to <lb/> say the said <persName>Margaret Lewis</persName> as pricipal in the sum<lb/> of two hundred dollars and the said <persName>Absalom Boyd</persName> <lb/> as security on the sum of two hundred dollars for the <lb/> true payment of which sum well & truly to be made<lb/> <persName>Margaret <del rend="overwrite">Boyd</del> <add place="over">Lewis</add> </persName> as principal & the said <persName>Absalom <del rend="overwrite">Lewis</del> <add place="over">Boyd</add> </persName> <lb/> as security whereby they Bind themselves their heirs<lb/> executors & administrators firmly by these presents<lb/> sealed with their seals and date this <date when="1843-05-04">fourth day of May<lb/> in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & forty three</date> </p> <p> Now the Condition of this Obligation is such that<lb/> whereas the County Court for St. Louis County hath granted<lb/> to the above bounder <persName>Margaret Lewis</persName> a License to reside<lb/> & remain in the State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> according to the <lb/> statutes and such cases made + provided </p> <p> Now if said <persName>Margaret Lewis</persName> shall be of good <sic>behavour</sic> <lb/> while he remains in said state then this Bond to be void otherwise to remain in full force & virtue </p> <closer> Test <signed>Q.Q. Purdy</signed> <lb/> <signed>Margaret her X mark Lewis</signed>Seal<lb/> <signed>A Boyed</signed> Seal</closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f14i0083_2.tiff"/> <p> <persName>Margaret Lewis</persName> <lb/> Bond to State <lb/> <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> </p> <p> <date when="1843-05-04">May 4.1843</date> </p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>