Free Negro Bond for Peter Lynch
Item
Free Negro Bond for Peter Lynch. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61729
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Peter Lynch
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Date
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April 15, 1861
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Identifier
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fre1093.1861.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Peter Lynch
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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
Peter Lynch as principal
, and
Julias H Smith 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
Peter Lynch applied on the to the Board of
County Commissioners 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.
*Humphreys*
*Peter his X mark Lynch*
*Julius H Smith*
> *function: age, height, physical description, occupation*
5.'7 high 53 years old, dark,
scar on left thigh, one on left foot & one on inside of right ankle, engineer
1. PE
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Peter Lynch
Bond
Free Negro
Free Negro Bond for Peter Lynch. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61729
