Free Negro Bond for James Farrar

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Free Negro Bond for James Farrar. 1846, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61314

Title
Free Negro Bond for James Farrar
Date
December 29, 1846
Identifier
fre0289.1846.000
Rights
Public Domain
Transcription
# Free Negro Bond for James Farrar


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Know all Men by These Presents, That we,
James Farrar as principal, and
Bernard G Farrar and Alphonso Whitmore and Stephen Anderson 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 29 day of Dec A.D. 1846

The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas, the said
James 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 his residence in the State of Missouri, then this
obligation to be void, else of full force and virtue.


*James his X mark Farrar*
*B. G. Farrar*


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25
James Farrar Bond
5: 8 1/2 50
Dec 29. 1846.

Free Negro Bond for James Farrar. 1846, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61314