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Saint Louis Circuit Court Free Negro Bond for Hart 1 page Saint Louis, Missouri Saint Louis Circuit Court 1843-05-03

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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="2012-07-10">APJ performed initial transcription and encoding</change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <div1 rend="handwritten"> <div2 rend="horizontal"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f13i0050_1.tiff"/> <p>Know all men by these presents that we <lb/> <persName>Lucinda Hart</persName> as principal and <persName>Nathan <lb/> B Allen</persName> as security are held & firmly bound <lb/> unto the State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> in the sum of two <lb/> hundred dollars each, the said <persName>Lucinda Hart</persName> <lb/> in the sum of two hundred dollars as principal <lb/> and the said <persName>Nathan B Allen</persName> in the sum <lb/> of two hundred dollars as security for the true <lb/> payment of which sums well and truly to be <lb/> made the said <persName>Lucinda Hart</persName> as principal and the <lb/> said <persName>Nathan B Allen</persName> as security hereby <lb/> bind themselves their heirs, executors & administrators <lb/> firmly by these presents sealed with their seals <lb/> and dated this <date when="1843-05-03">third day of May AD 1843</date> </p> <p>Now the condition of this Bond is such <lb/> that whereas the County Court of said <lb/> St Louis County hath granted to the above <lb/> bounden <persName>Lucinda Hart</persName> a license to reside <lb/> & remain in the State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> according <lb/> to the statute in such case made & provded </p> <p>Now if said <persName> <del rend="strikethrough">Charlotte</del> <add place="above">Lucinda</add> </persName> shall be of good <lb/> behaviour while she remains in this state then <lb/> this bond to be void, otherwise to remain in full <lb/> force </p> <closer> Attest<lb/> <signed>AM Gardner</signed> <lb/> <signed>Lucinda her x mark Hart</signed> Seal<lb/> <signed>Nathan B Allen</signed> Seal </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f13i0050_2.tiff"/> <p> <persName>Lucinda Hart</persName> <lb/> To Bond <lb/> State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> </p> <p> <date when="1843-05-03">3rd May 1843</date> </p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>