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Saint Louis Circuit Court Free Negro Bond for Johnson 1 page Saint Louis, Missouri Saint Louis Circuit Court 1843-05-04

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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="2012-07-16">APJ performed initial transcription and encoding</change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <div1 rend="handwritten"> <div2 rend="horizontal"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f14i0106_1.tiff"/> <p>Know all men by these presents that I <persName>Elizabeth <lb/> Johnson</persName> as principal & <persName>Archibald Gamble</persName> <lb/> as security are held and firmly bound to the <lb/> State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> in the sum of four <lb/> hundred dollars that to say the said <persName>Eliza <lb rend="hyphen"/> -beth Johnson</persName> in the sum of two hundred <lb/> dollars and the said <persName>Archibald Gamble</persName> in <lb/> the sum of two hundred dollars to the pay- <lb rend="hyphen"/> ment whereof we hereby bind ourselves by <lb/> these presents_ </p> <p>The condition of this obligation is <lb/> such that whereas the said <persName>Elizabeth</persName> has <lb/> this day been licensed to reside in the State <lb/> of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> by the County Court of the <lb/> County of S Louis as is provided by law <lb/> Now if the said <persName>Elizabeth</persName> shall be of <lb/> good behavior then this obligation to <lb/> be void else to remain in full force </p> <p>Given under our hands & seals <lb/> at S Louis this <date when="1843-05-04">4<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> day of May 1843</date> </p> <closer> Witness<lb/> <signed>Henry J. Wise</signed> <lb/> <signed>Elizabeth her x mark Johnson</signed> Seal<lb/> <signed>Archibald Gamble</signed> Seal </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f14i0106_2.tiff"/> <p> <persName>Elizabeth Anderson</persName> <lb/> To Bond <lb/> The State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> </p> <p> <date when="1843-05-04">4<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> May 1843</date>. </p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>