Free Negro Bond for Esther Ann Smith
Item
Free Negro Bond for Esther Ann Smith. 1846, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61258
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Esther Ann Smith
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Date
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December 23, 1846
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Identifier
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fre0253.1846.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Esther Ann Smith
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Know all Men by These Presents,That we,
Esther Ann Smith as principal, and
as securities,
are held and firmly bound unto the State of Missouri, in the just and
full sum of ten hundred Dollars, lawful money of the
United States, for the payment of which we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors
and administrators, firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals, and
dated this 23 day of Dec A.D. 1846
The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas, the said
Esther Ann has applied to the County Court
of St. Louis County for, and obtained a license to reside in the State of
Missouri, during good behavior: Now, if the said applicant shall be of
good character and behavior during her residence in the State of Missouri, then this
obligation to be void, else of full force and virtue.
*Esther Ann her X mark Smith*
*J Hall*
*R.J. Lockwood*
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Esther Ann Smith
23rd Dec 1846.
Free Negro Bond for Esther Ann Smith. 1846, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61258
