KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT WE SAMUEL CLEMANS JOHN THOMAS AND THOMAS ANDERSON OF THE COUNTY OF CHAMPAIGN AND STATE OF OHIO ARE HELD AND FIRMLY BOUND UNTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE FULL AND JUST SUM OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, TO WHICH PAYMENT WELL AND TRULY BE MADE...THIS TWENTY-FIFTH DAY OF JANY, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN. THE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE BOUNDEN OBLIGATION IS SUCH THAT IF THE ABOVE BOUNDEN SAMUEL CLEMANS SHALL BEFORE USING OR CAUSING TO BE USED ANY STILL OR BOILER, OR OTHER VESSEL USED OR INTENDED TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISTILLING SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS - MAKE TRUE AND EXACT ENTRY, AND REPORT THE SAME IN WRITING TO THE COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL DUTIES FOR THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE SAME IS SITUATE, OF EVERY SUCH STILL OR BOILER... WITH THE QUANTITY OF DOMESTIC SPIRITS IN GALLONS, WHICH HE MAY HAVE ON HAND...
[Champaign County, Ohio: 1816]. Broadside, 8" x 12.5". Printed bond completed in manuscript. Tanned at margins and along old folds. Signed in ink by Clemans, Thomas, and Anderson. Docketed on verso. Very Good. This bond requires distillers to keep a detailed accounting of the amounts of liquors distilled, with separate..... More