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Saint Louis Circuit Court Free Negro Bond for Bond 1 page Saint Louis, Missouri Saint Louis Circuit Court 1846-12-24

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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="2012-07-10">GAL performed initial transcription and encoding</change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <div1 rend="handwritten"> <div2 rend="horizontal"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f13i0031_1.tiff"/> <p>Know all men by these presents that we<lb/> <persName>Ned Padfield</persName> a free negro as principal and Charles Boswell<lb/> as security - both of St. Louis <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> <lb/> are held and firmly bound unto the said<lb/> State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> in the sum of four<lb/> hundred dollars- said principal in two-<lb/> hundred himself and said security in<lb/> the sum of two hundred dollars_is the <lb/> payment of which sum well and truly<lb/> to be made, we bind ourselves our <lb/> heirs- executors, and administrators firmly<lb/> by these presents - </p> <p>The condition of the above obligation is<lb/> such, what whereas_I and Ned <persName>Ned Padfield</persName> <lb/> has applied to the St. Louis County Court<lb/> for a License under an act of the State<lb/> of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> approved <date when="2012-02-23">February 23 1843</date> <lb/> entitled an act more efectually to pre<lb/> -vent free persons of color from entering<lb/> into the state, and for other purposes<lb/> <choice> <corr>Now</corr> <sic>No</sic> </choice>if said <persName>Ned</persName> shall be of good" behavior during the <unclear unit="chars" quantity="2"/>tinuance of <lb/> said License_ then this obligation<lb/> shall be void_otherwise shall be <lb/> in full force and virtue</p> <closer>Witness our hands & seals this second day of May 1843_<lb/> Witness<lb/> <signed> Henry P. Wise</signed> <lb/> <signed>Ned her X mark Padfield</signed>Seal <lb/> <signed>Charles Boswell</signed> Seal </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f13i0031_2.tiff"/> <p> <persName>Ned Padfield</persName> <lb/> Bond to State </p> <p> <date when="1843-05-02">May 2nd 1843</date> </p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>