Free Negro Bond for Benjamin Quill
Item
Free Negro Bond for Benjamin Quill. 1847, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61381
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Benjamin Quill
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Date
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1847-3-2
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Identifier
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fre0341.1847.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Benjamin Quill
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Know all Men by These Presents, That we,
Benjamin Quill as principal, and
Joseph H Conn Randalph 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 2nd day of March A.D. 1847
The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas, the said
Benjamin Quill 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.
*Benj Quill*
*Jos H Conn*
*Jas B Hill*
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Benjamin Quill
Bond
$1000.
age 34. 5 9 1/4 high
Steward
2nd March 1847
Free Negro Bond for Benjamin Quill. 1847, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61381
