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Saint Louis Circuit Court Free Negro Bond for Sukey 1 page Saint Louis, Missouri Saint Louis Circuit Court 1845-12-06

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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="2012-07-18">APJ performed initial transcription and encoding</change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <div1 rend="handwritten"> <div2 rend="horizontal"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f15i0174_1.tiff"/> <p>Know all men by these presents that we <persName>Sukey</persName>, _ <lb/> _ as principal and <persName>James Smith</persName> as security are <lb/> held and firmly bound in the just and full sum of two <lb/> hundred dollars each to the State of Missouri, the payment <lb/> whereof well and truly to be made we bind ourselves our <lb/> heirs executors and administrators firmly by these presents; </p> <p>The condition of this obligation is such that <lb/> whereas the said <persName>Sukey</persName>_ has this day obtained <lb/> from the Honorable the County Court of S Louis County a <lb/> license to reside and remain in the State of Mis- <lb rend="hyphen"/> souri as a free person of color under the provisions <lb/> of an act entitedl" An act to prevent more effectually <lb/> free persons of color from entering into this state and for <lb/> other purposes" approved <date when="1843-02-23">23<hi rend="superscript">rd</hi> February 1843</date>. </p> <p>Now if the said <persName>Sukey</persName>_ shall be <lb/> of good behavior during the continuance of said license <lb/> then the above obligation is void otherwise to remain <lb/> in full force and virtue. </p> <p>In <choice> <orig>Witnefs</orig> </choice> whereof we have hereunto set <lb/> our hands and seals at the City of S<hi rend="superscript">t</hi> Louis in <lb/> the County of S<hi rend="superscript">t</hi> Louis and State of Missouri this <lb/> <date when="1845-12-06">Sixth day of December AD 1845</date> </p> <closer> Signed sealed and <lb/> delivered in presence of <lb/> <signed>Henry W. Williams</signed> <lb/> <signed>Sukey her x mark</signed> Seal <lb/> <signed>John Cavind</signed> Seal </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f15i0174_2.tiff"/> <p> Bond of <lb/> <persName>Sukey</persName> </p> <p> Filed <date when="1845-12-06">Dec 6 1845</date> <lb/> <persName>S.D. Barlow</persName> <lb/> Clerk </p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>