Free Negro Bond for Francis Lewis
Item
Free Negro Bond for Francis Lewis. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61721
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Francis Lewis
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Date
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April 15, 1861
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Identifier
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fre0704.1861.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Francis Lewis
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Know all Men by These Presents, That we,
Francis Lewis as principals, and
G. W. Fishback as security,
are held and firmly bound unto the State of Missouri, in the just and
full sum of Five 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 fifteenth day of
April A.D. 1861
The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas,the said
Francis Lewis 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.
*Frances Lewis*
*G. W. Fishback*
> *function: age, height, physical description, occupation*
5. 3 1/4. 29 years old. bright mulatto
mole on neck seamstress.
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Francis Lewis
Bond
Free Negro
Free Negro Bond for Francis Lewis. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61721
