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Saint Louis Circuit Court Free Negro Bond for Clay 1 page Saint Louis, Missouri Saint Louis Circuit Court 1846-12-10

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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="2012-07-19">APJ performed initial transcription and encoding</change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <div1 rend="handwritten"> <div2 rend="horizontal"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f16i0188_1.tiff"/> <p>Know all men by these presents that we <lb/> <persName>Ellen Clay</persName> as principal and <persName>Thomas Walsh</persName> <lb/> <del rend="strikethrough">Moore</del> and <persName>Nicholaus Wachner</persName> <lb/> as securities are held and firmly <lb/> bound unto the State of Missouri in the just <lb/> and full sum of one thousand <add place="above">dollars</add> for the <lb/> payment whereof we do hereby bind ourselves <lb/> our heirs, executors and administrators, <lb/> sealed with our seals and dated this <date when="1846-12-10">tenth <lb/> day of December eighteen hundred and <lb/> forty six</date>. The condition of this obligation is <lb/> such that whereas the said <persName>Ellen</persName> has <lb/> applied for and obtained a license to reside <lb/> in the State of Missouri during good behavior <lb/> Now therefore if the said Ellen shall be <lb/> of good behavior during her residence in <lb/> this State, then this obligation shall be void <lb/> else of full force and effect </p> <closer> <signed>Ellen her x mark Clay</signed> Seal <lb/> <signed>T. Walsh</signed> Seal <lb/> <signed>Nicholaush Wochner</signed> Seal County of St Louis fs <lb/> <persName>Thomas Walsh</persName> being duly sworn on his oath, says that <lb/> he is worth over one thousand dollars after his just debts <lb/> are paid.<lb/> Sworn to & subscribed this <lb/> <date when="1846-12-16">16 Debr 1846</date> before we <lb/> <signed>SD Barlow Clerk</signed> <lb/> <signed>T. Walsh</signed> <lb/> <unclear unit="words" quantity="11" rend="written"/> </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f16i0188_2.tiff"/> <p> <persName>Ellen Clay</persName> <lb/> Bond. </p> <p> Approved <lb/> <persName>A Gamble</persName> <lb/> <unclear unit="chars" quantity="6" rend="written"/> 66 </p> <p> <date when="1846-12-10">10th Dec 1846</date> </p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>