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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_B61f14i0146_1.tiff"/> <p>Know all men by these presents that we <lb/> <persName>James Wiggins</persName> and <persName>Thomas Lee</persName> are held and <lb/> firmly bound unto the State of Missouri in the <lb/> sum of four hundred dollars that is to say <lb/> the said <persName>James Wiggins</persName> in the sum of two hun- <lb rend="hyphen"/> dred dollars and the said <persName>Thomas Lee</persName> in the <lb/> sum of two hundred dollars. The condition of <lb/> the above obligation is such that whereas the <lb/> above named <persName>James Wiggins</persName> a man of color <lb/> has this day obtained from the County Court <lb/> of the County of St Louis a license to reside <lb/> in the State of Missouri <del rend="strikethrough">Now if the said</del> </p> <p>Now if the said <persName>James Wiggins</persName> shall be of <lb/> good behavior then this obligation to be null <lb/> and void otherwise to remain in full force <lb/> and virtue </p> <closer> <signed>James his x mark Wiggins</signed> Seal<lb/> <signed>Thomas Lee</signed> Seal </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f14i0146_2.tiff"/> <p> <persName>James Wiggins</persName> <lb/> To Bond <lb/> The State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> </p> <p> No Date. <lb/> License granted <date when="1843-05">May 1843</date>. </p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>