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Saint Louis Circuit Court Free Negro Bond for Mary Lee 1 page Saint Louis, Missouri Saint Louis Circuit Court 1859-11-22

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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="2011">CG performed initial transcription and encoding</change> <change when="2012-06-22">GG validated files and performed minor encoding/transcription</change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <div1> <div2 rend="horizontal"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B62f6i0592_1.tiff"/> <p>County of St. Louis, SS.</p> <p>The State of Missouri,</p> <p>To all who shall see these presents--Greeting:<lb/> Know Ye, that <seg rend="form-fill-in"> <persName>Mary Lee</persName> </seg> aged <seg rend="form-fill-in">almost 30</seg>, <lb/> years, <seg rend="form-fill-in">Five</seg> feet <seg rend="form-fill-in">four</seg> inches high, <seg rend="form-fill-in">black complexion<lb/> slimly built- small face</seg> <lb/> and by occupation a <seg rend="form-fill-in">Room Cleaner & washer</seg> <lb/> having on the <seg rend="form-fill-in"> <date when="1859-11-22">twenty second</date> </seg> day of <date when="1859-11-22"> <seg rend="form-fill-in">November</seg> in the <lb/> year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty <seg rend="form-fill-in">nine</seg> </date> produced satisfactory <lb/> evidence before the County<unclear unit="chars" quantity="5" rend="strikethrough">Court</unclear> Commissioners of said county, that he is of the class of<lb/> free negros and mulattoes who are authorized by law to be licensed by said <lb/> <unclear unit="chars" quantity="5" rend="strikethrough">Court</unclear> Comissioners to reside within the State of Missouri; that he is of good charac-<lb/>ter and behavior, and capable of supporting <seg rend="form-fill-in">her</seg>self by lawful employment;<lb/> and having also obtained from said <unclear unit="chars" quantity="5" rend="strikethrough">Court</unclear> Commissioners an order for a license to reside <lb/> within the State aforesaid: These are, therefore to license and authorize the<lb/> said <seg rend="form-fill-in">Mary Lee</seg> to reside within the State <lb/> aforesaid,so long as he shall be of good behavior, and no longer. </p> <p> In Testimony Whereof, I. <unclear unit="chars" quantity="14" rend="strikethrough">Lewis F. Lacy</unclear> Samuel V. Eager Jr.<lb/> Secretary of the Board of <unclear unit="chars" quantity="13" rend="strikethrough">Clerk of the</unclear> County <unclear unit="chars" quantity="5" rend="strikethrough">Court</unclear> Commissioners of said County, have here<lb/> unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said <unclear unit="chars" quantity="5" rend="strikethrough">Court</unclear> Commissioners at <lb/> the City of St. Louis, this <date when="1859-11-22"> <seg rend="form-fill-in">22nd</seg> <lb/> day of <seg rend="form-fill-in">November</seg> in the year of our Lord<lb/> eighteen hundred and Fifty <seg rend="form-fill-in">nine (1859)</seg> </date> <lb/> <signed>S.W. Eager Jr.</signed> <unclear unit="chars" quantity="5" rend="strikethrough">Clerk</unclear> Secretary </p> <p> STATE OF MISSOURI, }SS. COUNTY OF ST. LOUIS } </p> <p> I, <unclear unit="chars" quantity="40" rend="strikethrough">Lewis F. Lacy, Clerk of the County Court</unclear> Samuel W. Eager Jr. Secretary of the Board of County Commissioners within and for the<lb/> County aforesaid, do hereby certify that I have this day duly registered the<lb/> foregoing license, according to the law. </p> <closer> <salute> Given under my hand and the seal of said <unclear unit="chars" quantity="5" rend="strikethrough">Court</unclear> Commissioners at the City<lb/> of St. Louis, this <date when="1859-11-22"> <seg rend="form-fill-in">22nd</seg> day <lb/> of <seg rend="form-fill-in">November</seg> in the year of our<lb/> Lord eighteen hundred and fifty <seg rend="form-fill-in">nine.</seg> </date> </salute> <signed>SW Eager Jr.</signed> <unclear unit="chars" quantity="5" rend="strikethrough">Clerk</unclear> <lb/> Secy </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="horizontal"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B62f6i0592_2.tiff"/> <p> This license is in full force </p> <closer> <unclear unit="chars" quantity="3" rend="handwritten"/>17. <signed>SW Eager Jr.</signed> <lb/> secy </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f14i0592_2.tiff"/> <p> <persName>Mary Lee</persName> </p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>