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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_B61f15i0156_1.tiff"/> <p>Know all men by these Presents that <persName>George <lb/> Gardiner</persName> as Principal and <persName>Joseph Wilkinson</persName> Security <lb/> are held and firmly bound unto the State of Missouri <lb/> each in the penal sum of two hundred dollars, well <lb/> and truly to be paid, we hereby binding ourselves, our <lb/> heirs, executors and administrators </p> <p>The condition of this obligation is such _that whereas <lb/> the County Court of St. Louis County, Missouri have <lb/> this day granted unto the said <persName>George Gardiner</persName> a <lb/> license under the provisions of an act of the legislation <lb/> of said State approved <date when="1843-02-23">February 23 1843</date>: now if the <lb/> said <persName>George Gardiner</persName> shall be of good behavior ac- <lb rend="hyphen"/> cording to the intent and meaning of said act of the <lb/> legislation aforesaid, then this obligation is to null <lb/> and void; otherwise to remain and be in full <lb/> force and virtue </p> <p> <choice> <orig>Witnefs</orig> </choice> our hands and seals this <date when="1844-03-15">fifteenth <lb/> day of March 1844</date>. </p> <closer> <choice> <orig>Witnefs</orig> </choice> <lb/> <signed>John <unclear unit="word" quantity="1" rend="written"/> </signed> <lb/> <signed>George Gardiner</signed> Seal<lb/> <signed>JS Wilkinson</signed> Seal </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f15i0156_2.tiff"/> <p>Bond <lb/> <persName>George Gardiner</persName> <lb/> Free negro licensed <lb/> </p> <p> Filed <date when="1844-03-15">March 15 1844</date> <lb/> <persName>Jas. H. Milbourne</persName> Clk </p> <p> Filed <date when="1844-06-04">June 4, 1844</date> <lb/> <persName>J.H. Milbourne</persName> Clk </p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>