Free Negro Bond for Meachum
Item
Free Negro Bond for Meachum. 1843, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 6, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61091
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Meachum
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Date
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1843-05-04
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Identifier
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fre0084.1843.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Meachum
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Know all men by these presents that we
Clemson Meachum as principal and Berry
Meachum as security are held & firmly
bound unto the State of Missouri in the
sum of four hundred dollars that is to
say the said Clemson Meachum in
the sum of two hundred dollars and the
said Berry Meachum in the sum of
two hundred dollars to the payment
whereof we hereto bind ourselves.
The condition of the above obligation
is such that whereas the said Clemson
has this day been licensed by the County
Court of S Louis County to remain in the
State of Missouri as provided by Law
Now if the said Clemson shall be of
good behavior then this obligation to be
void else to remain in full force
*Louis DuBraid*
*Climson Meachum*
*J.B. Meachum*
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Clemson Meachum
Bond
To State of Missouri
May 4, 1843.
Free Negro Bond for Meachum. 1843, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 6, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61091
