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Saint Louis Circuit Court Free Negro Bond for Taylor 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="2012-07-12">APJ performed initial transcription and encoding</change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <div1 rend="handwritten"> <div2 rend="horizontal"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f14i0092_1.tiff"/> <p>Know all men by these presents that we <persName>Har- <lb rend="hyphen"/> rison Taylor</persName> as principal and <persName>B.M. Grover</persName> <lb/> as security are held and firmly bound unto <lb/> the State of Missouri in the sum of two hun- <lb rend="hyphen"/> dred dollars for the true payment of which <lb/> we bind ourselves our heirs executors and ad- <lb rend="hyphen"/> ministrators firmly by these presents sealed <lb/> with our seals this <date when="1843-05-04">fourth day May in <lb/> the year 1843</date> </p> <p>The condition of the above obligation <lb/> is such that whereas the County Court for <lb/> the County of St Louis and State of Missou- <lb rend="hyphen"/> -ri has this <date when="1843-05-04">fourth of May 1843</date> granted <lb/> to the above mentioned <persName>Harrison Taylor</persName> a <lb/> <del rend="strikethrough">license to reside</del> free man of color a li- <lb rend="hyphen"/> cense to reside in the State of Missouri <lb/> Now if the said Taylor shall properly <lb/> demean himself and be of good behavior <lb/> during his residence in this State then <lb/> this bond to be null and void otherwise <lb/> to remain in full force and virtue </p> <closer> Attest<lb/> <signed>Las. Dougherty</signed> <lb/> <signed>Harrison his x mark Taylor</signed> Seal<lb/> <signed>B.M. Grover</signed> Seal </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f14i0092_2.tiff"/> <p> <persName>Harrison Taylor</persName> <lb/> <hi rend="underline">Bond to State</hi> </p> <p> <date when="1843-05-04">May 4, 1843</date>.</p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>