Free Negro Bond for Angeline Ervin

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Free Negro Bond for Angeline Ervin. 1846, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61292

Title
Free Negro Bond for Angeline Ervin
Date
December 24, 1846
Identifier
fre0265.1846.000
Rights
Public Domain
Transcription
# Free Negro Bond for Angeline Erwin


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Know all Men by These Presents, That we,
Angeline Erwin as principal, and
D. T. Wales 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 24 day of Dec A.D. 1846

The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas, the said
Angeline 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.


*Angeline X Erwin*
*Dexter T. Wales*


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25 Angeline Erwin
Bond
5: 5: 30 years
Chambermaid
Dec 24. 1846

Free Negro Bond for Angeline Ervin. 1846, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61292