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                    <p>Know all Men by these presents<lb/>
                        that <persName>Isac McConagan</persName> + <persName>Joseph McCormick</persName> as <lb/>
                    security are hel and Firmly baound unto<lb/>
                    the State of Missouri Each in the sum<lb/>
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                    ourselves and heirs Executors and administrators<lb/>
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                    presents signed by us and sealed with our seal this <date when="1843-09-27">Twenty seventh day of September<lb/>
                        in the year of our Lord 1843</date>
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                    <p>The Condition of this obligation is such that<lb/>
                    whereas the County Court of St. Louis county<lb/>
                    has granted to the said <persName>Isaac McConagan</persName> License<lb/>
                    to reside in the State of Missouri Now if the said <lb/>
                        <persName>Isaac McConagan</persName> during his residence in the said<lb/>
                    State of Missouri shall be of good behavior<lb/>
                    then this obligation to be void otherwise remain<lb/>
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