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            <party role="plaintiff">Chouteau, August</party>
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            <party role="defendant">Delard, Antoine</party>
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            <clerk>Leduc, Marie P.</clerk>
            <clerk>McGirk, A. S.</clerk>
            <sheriff>Thompson, John W.</sheriff>
            <sheriff type="deputy">Carr, A. C.</sheriff>
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            <witness>Chenier, Antoine</witness>
            <witness>Bison, Louis</witness>
            <witness>Forsyth, Thomas</witness>
            <attorney for="plaintiff">Hempstead, E.</attorney>
            <attorney for="defendant">Benton</attorney>
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Filed <date when="1816-10-12">12 oct 1816</date>
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               <p>Delard <abbr>ads.</abbr> Cerris <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>.</p>
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                           <orig>United States</orig>
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                           <orig>United States</orig>
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                                 <reg>J W Thompson</reg>
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                  <dateline>Territory Of <placeName>
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                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> Delard</p>
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                  <dateline>Territory of <placeName>
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                           <reg>Missouri</reg>
                           <orig>Missouri</orig>
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                           <reg>County of St Louis</reg>
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                  <salute>The <placeName>
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                           <reg>United States</reg>
                           <orig>United States</orig>
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                           <reg>America</reg>
                           <orig>America</orig>
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Witness <persName>
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                        <reg>Mary</reg>
                        <orig>Mary</orig>
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                  <persName>
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                        <reg>P Leduc</reg>
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                        <reg>United States</reg>
                        <orig>United States</orig>
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                        <reg>Carr</reg>
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               <p>service 33</p>
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                           <reg>United States</reg>
                           <orig>United States</orig>
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                           <reg>America</reg>
                           <orig>America</orig>
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                           <reg>St Louis</reg>
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