Know all men by these that we
William EsdaleWilliam Esdale & Robert WattRobert Watt are held and
boundunto the UnitedUnited States StatesUnited States of AmericaAmerica
in the sum of fifteen hundred Dollars
for the payment of which said sum of money
well and to be madeto each of us
seperatley and apart from each other
ourselves our heirs
and assigns by these presents

now the condition of these
is such that if the above named WilliamWilliam Esdale
EsdaleWilliam Esdale do appear at the Circuit CourtCircuit Court & or the
CountyCounty of St Louis ofCounty of St Louis St. LouisCounty of St Louis on the first monday in August 1820to St louisSt Louis on
a certain charge of having recieved stolen goods
the property of the
than theseto be paid otherwise to
in full forse and effect in law,
inwhereof we have here unto
set our hand and seals thisfirst day of August eighteen hundred and twenty