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Know all Men by These Presents, that we,
Loyd
held and firmly bound unto the State of
four hundred dollars that is to say the
said
dollars and the said
the sum of two hundred dollars, for
the true
of many we but ourselves our and
each of our heirs executioners, and adminis
trators and
firmly by these presents. In
we have hereunto set our hands and
seals this
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and forty three.
The condition of the above obligation is such, that wherever the said
Eliza Bond has this day obtained from the
County Court of St. Louis County a License
to remain in the state as a free person
of color under the
the General
ouri approved
AD 1843
to prevent free persons of color from entering into
this state and for other purposes" Now if the
said
the continuance of said leave then the above oblig-
ation to be void else to remain in full force
To Bond
Filed
By