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Saint Louis Circuit Court Free Negro Bond for Davis 1 page Saint Louis, Missouri Saint Louis Circuit Court 1846-12-04

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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="2012-08-07">GAL performed initial transcription and encoding</change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <div1 rend="handwritten"> <div2 rend="horizontal"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f16i0177_1.tiff"/> <p>Know all men by these presents that we<lb/> <persName>Daniel Davis</persName> as principal and <persName>Thomas G<lb/> Settle</persName> and <persName>Rebecca Brotherton</persName> as Securities<lb/> are held and firmly bound unto the State of<lb/> <choice> <orig>Misfouri</orig> </choice> in the sum of One thousand<lb/> Dollars, to which payment well and<lb/> truely to be made we bind ourselves, our<lb/> heirs and executors firmly by these<lb/> presents sealed and dated this <date when="1846-12-04">4th<lb/> day of December AD 1846.</date> </p> <p>The Condition of the above <lb/> bond is such that whereas the said<lb/> <persName>Daniel Davis</persName> has this day <unclear unit="words" quantity="1" rend="strikethrough">been</unclear> <lb/> obtained a license to remain in<lb/> the state of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> as a free<lb/> person of Color.</p> <p>Now if the said <lb/> <persName>Daniel Davis</persName> shall be of good be=<lb/> havior for and during the time<lb/> he shall remain in the state aforesaid<lb/> thent his obligation to be void else<lb/> to remain in full force & effect.</p> <closer> <choice> <orig>Witnefs</orig> </choice> to signature of said Davis<lb/> <signed>Geo C Prickett</signed> <lb/> <choice> <orig>Witnefs</orig> </choice> as to the<lb/> last two names T.S. & R.B.<lb/> <signed>Lewellyn Brown</signed> <lb/> <signed>Daniel his X mark Davis</signed> Seal<lb/> <signed>Thos. G. Settle</signed> Seal<lb/> <signed>Rebecca Brotherton</signed> Seal </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f16i0177_2.tiff"/> <p> <persName>Dan Davis</persName> <lb/> Bond.<lb/> </p> <p> Filed <date when="1846-12-04">4th Dec 1846</date> </p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>