Free Negro Bond for Margaret Mundy

Item

Free Negro Bond for Margaret Mundy. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61925

Title
Free Negro Bond for Margaret Mundy
Date
April 22, 1861
Identifier
fre0906.1861.000
Rights
Public Domain
Transcription
# Free Negro Bond for Margaret Mundy


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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
Margaret Mundy as principal
, and
Augustus Dufrene 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 22d day of
April A.D. 1861

The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas,the said
Margaret Mundy 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.


*Margaret her X mark Mundy*
*Augustus Dufrene*

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

5.4- 23. small scar on right wrist.
dark. Washer.

PdH 1.


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Margart Mundy
Bond
Free Negro

Filed
April 22 1861.
S. W. Eager Jr.
Secry

Free Negro Bond for Margaret Mundy. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61925