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Saint Louis Circuit Court Free Negro Bond for Eastus 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="2012-07-09">GAL performed original encoding and transcription</change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <div1 rend="handwritten"> <div2 rend="horizontal"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f13i0007_1.tiff"/> <p>Know all men by these presents that <persName>Virginia Eastus</persName> <lb/> as principal and <persName>John B Bogart</persName> as surety<lb/> are held and firmly bound into the state of <lb/> <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> in the penal sum of four hundred<lb/> Dollars for the payment of which sum<lb/> <unclear unit="chars" quantity="4"/> <sic>and</sic>and truly to be made the said<lb/> <persName>Virginia</persName> as principal and the said <persName>John B Bog<lb/> art</persName> as security hereby bind themselves their heirs<lb/> executors and administrators firmly by these<lb/> present sealed with their seals and <lb/> dated this <date when="1843-05-01">first day of May AD 1843</date> <lb/> some of the condition of this Bond is such that<lb/> whereas the county bond of saint Louis County<lb/> hath granted to the above bonnder <persName>Virginia</persName> a <unclear unit="chars" quantity="6"/> to reside and remain in the<lb/> State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> according to the Statute in<lb/> such case made and provided how if<lb/> Virgina shall be of good behavior while she<lb/> remains in said state then this bond to be void<lb/> otherwise to remain in full force<lb/> </p> <closer> <signed> <unclear unit="chars" quantity="5"/> </signed> <lb/> <signed>Henry L. Wise</signed> <lb/> <signed>Virginia her X mark Eastus</signed> Seal<lb/> <signed> <abbr>Jn</abbr>B Bogart</signed> Seal<lb/> </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f13i0007_2.tiff"/> <p> <persName>Virginia Eastus</persName> <lb/> To Bond<lb/> The State of Missouri </p> <p> Filed <date when="1843-05-01">May 1st 1843</date> <lb/> <persName>Julius De Mun</persName> Clerk<lb/> By <persName>Henry J. Wise</persName> <abbr>Depty.</abbr> </p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>