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Saint Louis Circuit Court Free Negro Bond for Legen 1 page Saint Louis, Missouri Saint Louis Circuit Court 1843-05-03

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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="2012-07-11">APJ performed initial transcription and encoding</change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <div1 rend="handwritten"> <div2 rend="horizontal"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f13i0058_1.tiff"/> <p>Know all men by these presents that I <persName>Nancy Legen</persName> as <lb/> principal a free woman of color and <persName>John Calvert</persName> <lb/> as security are held and firmly bound unto the State of <lb/> <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> in the just and full sum of two hundred _ <lb/> Dollars for the payment of which well & truly to be <lb/> made for said sum of money we bind ourselves and <lb/> each of our heirs executors administrators & <choice> <orig>afsigns</orig> </choice> <lb/> jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed <lb/> with our seals and dated this <date when="1843-05-03">third day of May in <lb/> the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three</date>. _ </p> <p>The condition of the above obligation is such that <lb/> whereas the said <persName>Nancy Legen</persName> has this day obtained <lb/> from the County of St Louis a license to remain in the <lb/> State of <choice> <orig>Mifsouri</orig> </choice> under an Act entitled "An act to <lb/> prevent free persons of color from entering into <lb/> said state and for other purposes Now if the siad <lb/> <persName>Nancy Legen</persName> shall be of good behavior during the <lb/> continuance of said license then the above obligation <lb/> to be void else to remain in full force & virtue </p> <p>In testimoney whereof the said <persName>Nancy Legen</persName> & <persName>John <lb/> Calvert</persName> have here unto set their hands & offered <lb/> their seals_ </p> <closer> Witness<lb/> <signed>Henry J. Wise</signed> <lb/> <signed> <del rend="strikethrough">Nancy</del> <add place="above">Mary</add> her x mark Legen</signed> Seal <lb/> <signed>John Calvert</signed> Seal </closer> </div2> <div2 rend="vertical"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B61f13i0058_2.tiff"/> <p> <persName> <del rend="strikethrough">Mary</del> <add place="above">Nancy</add> Legen</persName> <lb/> To Bond <lb/> The State of Missouri </p> <p> <date when="1843-05-03">May 3, 1843</date> </p> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>