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Saint Louis Circuit Court Free Negro Bond for Sharp 1 page Saint Louis, Missouri Saint Louis Circuit Court 1843-06-22

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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="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_B61f14i0124_1.tiff"/> <p>Know all men by these presents that <lb/> I <persName>Malvin Sharp</persName> as principal and <lb/> as security are held and firmly bound unto the State of Missouri in the sum of Two Hundred <lb/> Dollars, for the payment of which well and truly <lb/> to be made we bind ourselves our heirs executors and <lb/> legal representatives </p> <p>The condition of the above bond <lb/> is such that whereas the said County Court of <lb/> the County of Saint Louis Missouri has this <lb/> day granted license to the said <persName>Malvin Sharp</persName> <lb/> to reside in the State of Missouri, so long as he shall <lb/> be of good behavior in accordance with an Act entit- <lb rend="hyphen"/> led "An Act more effectually to prevent free <lb/> persons of color from entering this state and for <lb/> other purposes" approved the <date when="1843-02-23">23<hi rend="superscript">rd</hi> February 1843</date>" </p> <p>Now if the said above bounden <persName>Malvin <lb/> Sharp</persName> shall be of good behavior as required by <lb/> said Act then this bond to be void and of no effect <lb/> otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. </p> <p>In testimoney whereof we have hereto set <lb/> our hands and seals at Saint Louis this <date when="1843-06-22">Twenty- <lb/> Second day of June A.D. 1843</date>._._.._.._ </p> <closer> Witness<lb/> <signed> <unclear unit="chars" quantity="8" rend="written"/> </signed> <lb/> <signed>Malvin Sharp</signed> Seal <lb/> <signed>Thomas Coffey</signed> Seal </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f14i0124_2.tiff"/> <p> <persName>Malvin Sharp</persName> <lb/> Bond to <lb/> County of S Louis <lb/> Missouri </p> <p> Filed <date when="1843-06-22">June 22<hi rend="superscript">nd</hi> 1843</date> </p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>