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Know all men by these presents I
as principal and
security are held and firmly bound unto
the State of
of four hundred dollars that is to say the
said
dollars and the said
of two hundred dollars for the true payment
of which we bind ourselves on and
each of our heirs executors administrators
and
by these presents sealed with our seals and
dated this
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty three
The condition of the above
obligation is such that whereas the said
Nicholas
St Louis county Court a license to remain
here under the provisions of an act of
the General
entitled "An Act more effectually to
prevent free persons of color from enter-
ing into this state & for other purposes_ App-
roved the
the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred & forty three
behavior during the continuance of
said license then these presents to be
void else to be and remain in full
force & virtue_
To Bond
State of