Free Negro Bond for Ferdinand
Item
Free Negro Bond for Ferdinand. 1846, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61276
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Ferdinand
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Licensee
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Ferdinand
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Date
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December 24, 1846
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Identifier
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fre0049.1846.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Bond
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Know all men by these presents that we Ferdinand
a free man of color as principal, and W. G. Ray
__________ as security, are firmly held and bound
unto the State of Missouri, in the final sum of two
hundred dollars Each upon condition nevertheless, that
whereas the said Ferdinand has this day obtained
a license from the County Court within and for
the County of St. Louis in the State of Missouri, to
furnish him the said Ferdinand to remain in
the State of Missouri; now if the said Ferdinand
shall be of good behaviour, and conduct him=
self in and orderly and collect manner during
his stay in said State of Missouri, then this ob=
ligation to be void, else of full force and virtue.
In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our
hands and seals this fourth day of May eig=
teen hundred and forty-three.
*Ferdinand*
*Winthrop G. Ray*
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Bond of Ferdinand
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to
The State of Missouri
3rd May 1843
Free Negro Bond for Ferdinand. 1846, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61276
