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Saint Louis Circuit Court Free Negro Bond for Parker 1 page Saint Louis, Missouri Saint Louis Circuit Court 1846-12-14

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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="2012-07-23">APJ performed initial transcription and encoding</change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <div1 rend="handwritten"> <div2 rend="horizontal"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f16i0200_1.tiff"/> <p>Know all men by these Presents, that we, <persName>Fanny <lb/> Parker</persName> _ (a woman of Colour) as principal, and <persName>Samuel <lb/> Conway</persName> as security, are held, and firmly bound, unto <lb/> the State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> in the sum of One Thousand Dollars <lb/> for the payment of which we bind ourselves, our Executors <lb/> Administrators, and Assigns, firmly by these presents. <lb/> Sealed with our seals, and dated this <date when="1846-12-14">fourteenth day of <lb/> December A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty six</date> _ </p> <p>The Condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas <lb/> the said <persName>Fanny Parker</persName> has this day obtained a license <lb/> from the County Court of St Louis County, and State of <lb/> <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> to reside within the limits of the said State of <lb/> <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice>, as long as she shall be of good behaviour, under <lb/> the provisions of an act entitled "An act concerning Free <lb/> negroes and mulattoes," Approved <date when="1845-03-26">March 26<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> 1845</date>. </p> <p>Now if the said <persName>Fanny Parker</persName>_ shall, so long <lb/> as she resides within the limits of the said State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> <lb/> be of good behaviour, towards all the Citizens of said state <lb/> as well as towards all other people, and well and truly <lb/> comply with the provisions of said act, then this bond <lb/> shall be null and void, otherwise to remain in full <lb/> force and effect. </p> <closer> <signed>Fanny Parker</signed> Seal <lb/> <signed>Sam Conway</signed> Seal </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f16i0200_2.tiff"/> <p> <persName>Fanny Parker</persName> as principal & <lb/> <persName>Samuel Conway</persName>, as security <lb/> to Bond for good behaviour <lb/> The State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> </p> <p> Bond approved <lb/> <persName>A Gamble</persName> <lb/> <date when="1846-12-14">Dec 14, 1846</date> </p> <p> Mr <persName>Gamble</persName> <lb/> Your memorandum says this <lb/> girl shall be licensed when <lb/> Mr Conway & Cordell sign <lb/> Bond, <unclear unit="words" quantity="2" rend="written"/> the <lb/> License upon the Bond as <lb/> it is _. will it be right <lb/> <persName>SD Barlow</persName> </p> <p>fee 1.12 paid</p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>