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Saint Louis Circuit Court Free Negro Bond for Bond 1 page Saint Louis, Missouri Saint Louis Circuit Court 1846-12-24

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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="2012-07-10">GAL performed initial transcription and encoding</change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <div1 rend="handwritten"> <div2 rend="horizontal"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f13i0043_1.tiff"/> <p>Know all men by these presents that I<persName> Joseph<lb/> Cooke</persName>___as principal and <persName>Ralph Bird</persName> + <persName>Valentin L Pearse</persName> <lb/> as security are held and firmly bound, unto <lb/> the State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> in the final sum of <lb/> four hundred dollars for the payment<lb/> of which sum well and truly to be made<lb/> the said <persName>Joseph Cooke</persName> as principal<lb/> and the said <persName>Ralph Bird</persName> + <persName>V. I. Pears</persName> as security hereby<lb/> bind themselves, their heirs, executors and<lb/> administrators, firmly by these presents, sealed<lb/> with their seals and dated this <date when="2012-05-03"> third</date> day<lb/> of May A.D. 1843 ___________. Now<lb/> </p> <p>the condition of this Bond is such that whereas<lb/> the County Court of Saint Louis County hath<lb/> granted to the above bounder <persName>Joseph Cooke</persName> <lb/> a license to reside and remain in the State<lb/> of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> according to the Statute in such<lb/> case make and juorieded______. Now if <lb/> the said <persName>Joseph Cooke</persName> shall be of good behaviour while he remain in said State,<lb/> then this bond to be void, otherwise to __<lb/> remain in full force</p> <closer> <signed>Joseph his X mark Cooks</signed> Seal<lb/> <signed>Ralph Bird</signed> Seal<lb/> <signed>V. I. Peirs</signed> Seal<lb/> <unclear unit="word" quantity="1"/> <lb/> <signed> <unclear unit="chars" quantity="1"/> Crittenbeyer</signed> <lb/> </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f13i0043_2.tiff"/> <p> Joseph Cooke<lb/> To Bond </p> <p> The State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> </p> <p> <date when="1843-05-03">May 3. 1843</date> </p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>