Free Negro Bond for Harriet Hoggard
Item
Free Negro Bond for Harriet Hoggard. 1863, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62121
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Title
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Free Negro Bond for Harriet Hoggard
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Date
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May 1, 1863
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Identifier
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fre1101.1863.000
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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# Free Negro Bond for Harriet Hoggard
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Know all Men by These Presents,
That we,
Harriet Hoggard as principal
, and
Luther M. Shreve 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 first day of
May A.D. 1863
The condition of the above Obligation is such, that whereas,the said
Harriet Hoggard applied to the to the [Board of ?]
County [Commissioners ?] 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 residence in the State of Missouri, then this
obligation to be void, else of full force and virtue.
*Harriet Hoggard*
*L M Shreve*
> *function: age, height, physical description, occupation*
height 5 feet 1 1/4 inches high. aged about 32 years.
marked with small pox. mulatto. chambermaid.
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Bond
Harriet Hoggard
Free Negro
Filed May 1 1862
S. W. Eager Jr.
Secretary
Free Negro Bond for Harriet Hoggard. 1863, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/62121
