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Saint Louis Circuit Court Free Negro Bond for Mason 1 page Saint Louis, Missouri Saint Louis Circuit Court 1843-07-23

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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/> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <div1> <div2 rend="horizontal"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f13i0002_1.tiff"/> <p>Know all men by these presents that we<lb/> <persName>Emily Mason</persName> as principal and <persName>Lyman<lb/> B Shaw</persName> as security are held and firmly<lb/> bound unto the State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> in the first<lb/> and full sum of Two hundred Dollars for<lb/> the true payment of which sum of money we<lb/> bind ourselves, our heirs, our Executors, administra<lb/> tors and <choice> <orig>afsigns</orig> </choice>, jointly and severally by<lb/> these presents sealed with our seals and<lb/> dated <date when="1843-05-04">this Fourth day of May in the year<lb/> or our Lord Eighteen hundred + forty three</date> <lb/> the condition of this obligation is such<lb/> that whereas <persName>Emily Mason</persName>has this day<lb/> obtained from the county court of St<lb/> Louis County, a license to remain in<lb/> the State as a free person of color<lb/> under the provisions of our act Entitled<lb/> "An Act more effectually to prevent free<lb/> persons of color from entering into this<lb/> State and other purposes" Approved<lb/> <date when="1843-02-23">23 February 1843</date> </p> <p>Now the condition of this bond is such that if the said <persName>Emily Mason</persName> <lb/> shall be of good behavior during<lb/> the continuance of said license then<lb/> the above obligation to be void otherwise<lb/> to remain in full force + virtue<lb/> </p> <closer> Done in presence of<lb/> <persName>L.B. Sharr</persName> witness as to<lb/> <persName>Emily Mason</persName> <lb/> <persName>R. I. Sockwood</persName> <choice> <orig>witnefs</orig> </choice> as<lb/> to <persName>L. B. Shaw</persName> Signature<lb/> <signed>Emily her X mark Mason</signed> Seal<lb/> <signed>Lyman B Shaw</signed> Seal </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f13i0002_2.tiff"/> <p> <persName>Emily Mason</persName> and<lb/> <persName>Lyman B Shaw</persName> <lb/> To Bond $200<lb/> State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> <lb/> <date when="1843-07-23">23 July 1843</date> </p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>