[New Haven, CT] Ephemera regarding two prisoners and Gaol. [1836].

(New Haven, CT)  Andrew L. Brown & Robert Brown’s Bond, June 14, 1836, No. 193, $3.25 Written in brown ink, signed & dated by county clerk as well as both men, with two small paper seals at right of men’s signatures. 6.5 x 8 in. 4 horiz. folds, slightly faded, else generally Good. Exact transcription below: “Know all Men by these presents, That we Andrew L. Brown and Robert Brown both of the Town and County of New Haven are holden and stand firmly bound and obliged unto ERASTUS OSBORN, of New-Haven, in New-Haven County, Sheriff of said County, in the penal sum of Four Hundred Dollars. to be paid to him said Osborn, or his heirs, Executors, A[d]ministrators or Assigns—To the which pay-ment, well and truly to be made and done, we the said Andrew L. Brown and the said Robert Brown do bind ourselves, and each of us, jointly and severally, our Heirs, Executors and Administrators, firmly by these presents. Signed with our hands and sealed with our seals Dated at New-Haven, this 14th