Free Negro Bond for Emily White

Item

Free Negro Bond for Emily White. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61896

Title
Free Negro Bond for Emily White
Date
April 20, 1861
Identifier
fre0877.1861.000
Rights
Public Domain
Transcription
# Free Negro Bond for Emily White


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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
Emily White as principal
, and
Josiah Fogg 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 20 day of
April A.D. 1861

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


*Emily White*
*Josiah Fogg*

> *function: age, height, physical description, occupation*

dark negress
33 years. 5 feet 2 3/4 high. long scar on the
left arm above the elbow. dimple on each cheek
Washer

P.E


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Emily White
Bond
Free Negro

Filed
April 20 1861.
S. W. Eager Jr.
Sec

Free Negro Bond for Emily White. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61896