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                    <p>Know all Men by These Presents, That we,<lb/>
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                        security,<lb/> are held and firmly bound unto the State of Missouri, in the
                        just and<lb/> full sum of <seg rend="form-fill-in">Ten</seg>hundred Dollars,
                        lawful money of the<lb/> United States, for the payment of which we bind
                        ourselves, our heirs,<lb/> executors and administrators, firmly by these
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                    <p>The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas, the said<lb/>
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                        to the County Court<lb/> of St. Louis County for, and obtained a license to
                        reside in the State of<lb/> Missouri, during good behavior: Now, if the said
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                            <signed>Jackson Johnson</signed> SEAL.<lb/>
                            <signed>George Harvey</signed> SEAL.<lb/>
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                        <persName>Jackson Johnson</persName>
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                        Bond Free negro Bond<lb/>
                    
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