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Saint Louis Circuit Court Free Negro Bond for Ridout 1 page Saint Louis, Missouri Saint Louis Circuit Court 1843-06-26

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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="2012-07-17">APJ performed initial transcription and encoding</change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <div1 rend="handwritten"> <div2 rend="horizontal"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f14i0128_1.tiff"/> <p>Know all Persons by these presents <lb/> that I <persName>William Ridout</persName> Principal <lb/> & <persName>Isaac Vanstouten</persName> Security are held <lb/> & firmly Bound to the State of <lb/> <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> as follows the said <persName>William <lb/> Ridout</persName> in the sum of two hundred <lb/> dollars for the payment of which <lb/> sum of money to be paid faithfully <lb/> by ourselves Administrators & executors <lb/> by these presents sealed and dayed <lb/> this <date when="1843-06-26">26 day of June 1843</date> the County Court of <lb/> the County of Saint Louis granted a <lb/> license to the said <persName>William Ridout</persName> <lb/> to remain in the State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> <lb/> so long as he shall be of good beha- <lb rend="hyphen"/> viour in accordance with an act <lb/> entitled an act more effectually <lb/> to prevent free Persons of colour from <lb/> entering <add place="above">into</add> this state and for other purposes approved <lb/> <date when="1843-02-23">Feb 23, 1843</date>_ more now if the said <persName>William Ridout</persName> <lb/> shall conduct himself well & be of good behaviour <lb/> during his continuance of the above <del rend="strikethrough"> <unclear unit="word" quantity="1"/> </del> license <lb/> in the State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> then this obligation to be <lb/> void otherwise to remain in full force and <lb/> effect </p> <closer> Teste<lb/> <signed>Henry J. Wise</signed> <lb/> <signed>William his x mark Ridout</signed> Seal<lb/> <signed>I Vanstouten</signed> Seal </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f14i0128_2.tiff"/> <p> <persName>William Ridout</persName> <lb/> Bond <lb/> to The State of Missouri </p> <p> Filed <date when="1843-06-26">June 26<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> 1843</date> </p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>