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Saint Louis Circuit Court Free Negro Bond for Talbert 1 page Saint Louis, Missouri Saint Louis Circuit Court 1844-11-07

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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="2012-07-18">APJ transcribed and encoded</change> <change when="2012-07-17">APJ performed initial transcription and encoding</change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <div1 rend="handwritten"> <div2 rend="horizontal"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f15i0162_1.tiff"/> <figure rend="seal"/> <p>Know all men by these presents that we <lb/> <persName>Jim</persName> (a man of Colour) as Principal and <persName>William K <lb/> Rule</persName> as Surety acknowledge ourselves to owe <lb/> and be indebted unto the State of Missouri in <lb/> the Penal Sum of_each two hundred Dollars <lb/> for the payment whereof we bind ourselves our heirs & administrators_ </p> <p>The Condition of the above obligation is <lb/> such that whereas the County Court of <lb/> of Saint Louis County in said State, have th<gap unit="chars" quantity="2" reason="damage"/> <lb/> day Granted unto the said <persName>Jim</persName> (a man of_ <lb/> Colour) a free negro, a license to remain in said <lb/> State now if the said <persName>Jim</persName> shall be of good <lb/> behavior as provided by the act of said <lb/> State passed at the session of the Legislator <lb/> for 1842_3_ and approved on the <date when="1843-02-23">23rd Feby <lb/> 1843</date> then this obligation to be void otherwise <lb/> to remain in full force and virtue_ </p> <p> <choice> <orig>Witnefs</orig> </choice> our hands & seals this <date when="1844-03-07">Seventh <lb/> day of March 1844</date> </p> <closer> <choice> <orig>Witnefs</orig> </choice> <lb/> <signed>A Gamble</signed> <signed>Jim his x mark Talbott</signed> Seal<lb/> <signed>WK Rule</signed> Seal </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f15i0162_2.tiff"/> <p> <persName>Jim Talbert</persName> <lb/> free negro (Bond) </p> <p> filed <date when="1844-11-07">7 Nov 1844</date> <lb/> <persName>SD Barlow</persName> Clk </p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>