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            <date type="filing" when="1811-02-09">February 9, 1811</date>
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            <party role="plaintiff">Solomon, Samuel</party>
            <party role="defendant">Leduc, Mary P.</party>
            <causeAction type="civil">Trespass</causeAction>
            <caseNo>18</caseNo>
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            <court type="federal">St. Louis Court of Common Pleas</court>
            <judge type="presiding">Bent, Silas</judge>
            <judge type="presiding">Hammond, Samuel</judge>
            <clerk>Riddick, Thomas F.</clerk>
            <sheriff>McNair, Alexander</sheriff>
            <witness>Chouteau, Pierre</witness>
            <witness>Provenchere, Pierre</witness>
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                           <orig>D</orig>
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                        <orig>P</orig>
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