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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_B61f14i0142_1.tiff"/> <figure rend="seal"/> <p>Know all men by these Presents <lb/> that we <persName>George Parker</persName> as Principal and <lb/> <persName>Nathaniel E <unclear unit="word" quantity="1" rend="written"/> </persName> as Surety are held <lb/> and firmly bound unto the State of <lb/> Missouri in the Penal Sum of Two <lb/> Hundred Dollars each, for the true pay- <lb rend="hyphen"/> ment of which we bind ourselves our <lb/> Heirs executors and administrators firmly <lb/> by these presents. </p> <p>Sealed with our seals this <date when="1843-12-18">18th day of December 1843</date>. </p> <p>Now the Condition of the above ob- <lb rend="hyphen"/> ligation is such that whereas the <lb/> County Court of St. Louis County <lb/> at the December Term thereof 1843 <lb/> has granted a license to the said <persName>George</persName> <lb/> a free person of Color, to reside in the State of Missouri. </p> <p>Now if the said <persName>George</persName> shall be of <lb/> good behaviour during his residence in the <lb/> State of Missouri then this obligation <lb/> to be null and void otherwise to remain in full force and effect </p> <closer> Teste<lb/> <signed>W<hi rend="superscript">m</hi> Clarke Morris</signed> <signed>George his x mark Parker</signed> Seal<lb/> <signed>Nath<hi rend="superscript">l</hi> E <unclear unit="word" quantity="1" rend="written"/> </signed> Seal </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f14i0142_2.tiff"/> <p> <persName>George Parker</persName> <lb/> To Bond <lb/> <hi rend="underline">The State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> </hi> </p> <p> Filed <date when="1843-12-18">December 18<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> 1843</date> </p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>