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Saint Louis Circuit Court Free Negro Bond for Buckner 1 page Saint Louis, Missouri Saint Louis Circuit Court 1843-05-02

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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="2012-07-09">APJ performed initial transcription and encoding</change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <div1 rend="handwritten"> <div2 rend="horizontal"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f13i0016_1.tiff"/> <p>Know all men by these presents that we <lb/> <persName>Clarinda Buckner</persName> as principal and <lb/> <persName>Alexander Phillippi</persName> as surety are holden <lb/> and stand firmly bound and obliged unto <lb/> the State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> in the full and <lb/> just sum of Four Hundred Dollars, to wit <lb/> the said <persName>Clarinda Buckner</persName> in the sum <lb/> of Two Hundred Dollars and the said <persName>Alex- <lb rend="hyphen"/> ander Phillippi</persName> in the sum of Two <lb/> Hundred Dollars, to the full and just payment <lb/> of which we do bind ourselves, our heirs, executors <lb/> and administrators firmly by these presents, <lb/> sealed with our seals, and signed, and dated <lb/> the <date when="1843-05-02">second day of May in the year of our <lb/> Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty three</date>. </p> <p>The condition of this obligation is <lb/> such that whereas the said <persName>Clarinda Buckner</persName> <lb/> has applied to the County Court of this <del rend="strikethrough">State of <lb/> <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> </del> County of St. Louis State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> for leave <lb/> to reside in said state, and for a license from said <lb/> Court to that effect under the provisions of an <lb/> Act of the legislation of said state entitled "An <lb/> act more effectually to prevent free persons of color <lb/> from coming into this state" & for other purposes; </p> <p>Now if the said <persName>Clarinda Buckner</persName> shall <lb/> be of good behavior during the continuance <lb/> of the license granted by said Court then <lb/> this bond shall be void. otherwise shall <lb/> remain in full force & virtue _ </p> <closer> Test <signed>Henry J. Wise</signed> <lb/> <signed>Clarinda her x mark Buckner</signed> Seal <lb/> <signed>Alex Phillippi</signed> Seal </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f13i0015_2.tiff"/> <p> <persName>Clarinda Buckner</persName> <lb/> To Bond <lb/> The State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> </p> <p> <date when="1843-05-02">2nd May 1843</date> </p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>