Free Negro Bond for Emanuel Pepper

Item

Free Negro Bond for Emanuel Pepper. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61975

Title
Free Negro Bond for Emanuel Pepper
Date
April 23, 1861
Identifier
fre0960.1861.000
Rights
Public Domain
Transcription
# Free Negro Bond for Emanuel Pepper


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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
Emanuel Pepper as principal
, and
Norman J Colman 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 23d day of
April A.D. 1861

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


*Emanuel his X mark Pepper*
*Norman J Colman*

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

5- 7 1/2 29- black, scar
on left sconer of eye, 1 on left
cheek few scar of pox mark-
keep wood & coal yard, has been
an engineer,

Pd H 1.


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Emanuel Pepper
Bond
Free Negro

Filed
April 23 1861.
S. W. Eager Jr.
Sec

Free Negro Bond for Emanuel Pepper. 1861, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/61975