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            <party role="defendant">Clark, William</party>
            <causeAction type="civil"> Trespass </causeAction>
            <causeAction type="civil"> Breach of Promissory Note</causeAction>
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            <court type="state">St. Louis County Circuit Court</court>
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            <clerk>Gamble, Archibald</clerk>
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            <attorney for="plaintiff">Shother</attorney>
            <attorney for="defendant">Majerius, Arthur S.</attorney>
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               <p>the said sum of money in the said note specified<lb/> when he the said <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
                     </choice>
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                  </unclear> be the<lb/> said <persName>
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                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
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                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
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               <p>And whereas afterwards to wit on the <date when="1822-07-12">12th day of July<lb/> in the year 1822</date> at <placeName>
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                        <orig>County of St Louis</orig>
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                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
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                        <orig>Missouri</orig>
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                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
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                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
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                        <orig>William</orig>
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                  <persName>
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                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
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                     <supplied>thousands</supplied>
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                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
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                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
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                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
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                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
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                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
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                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
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                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
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                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
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                  <lb/> should be thereunto afterwards requested. Yet the<lb/> said <persName>
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                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
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                  <lb/> 
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                     <supplied>ney</supplied>
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                        <unclear>$2000</unclear>
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                  <lb/> and therefore they <unclear>hereing</unclear> there suit</p>
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                     <unclear quantity="1" rend="written" unit="lines">
                        <supplied>
                           <unclear>Shother pap.</unclear>
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               <p>This electronic document is published as part of the St Louis Circuit
                    Court historical records project.</p>
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               <author role="clerk"> Gamble, Archibald </author>             
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                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>County of St Louis</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName> Ss<lb/> The <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>State of Missouri</orig>
                        </choice>
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                  <salute>To the Sheriff of St Louis County Greeting</salute>
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               <p>We command you to summon <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
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                        <sic>hr</sic>
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                        <orig>Circuit Court</orig>
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                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
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                  </placeName> within and for the <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>County of St Louis</orig>
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                  </placeName> on the fourth Monday of<lb/> November next then and there to answer unto the President Directors and<lb/> Company of the <orgName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Bank of Missouri</orig>
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                  </orgName> who sue to the use and benefit of the<lb/> 
                  <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>United States</orig>
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                  </placeName> of <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>America</orig>
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                  </placeName> of a plea of trespas on the case to the damage<lb/> of the said plaintiffs two thousand Dollars and have you then there this<lb/> writ</p>
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Witness <persName>
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                        <orig>Archibald Gamble</orig>
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                  </persName> Clerk of our said Court<lb/> at Office this <date when="1827-10-02">Second Day of October in the Year One<lb/> Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty seven</date>
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                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Archibald Gamble</orig>
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Sum $ 1.00
<signed>
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                        <supplied>
                           <unclear/>Sheriff</supplied>
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                  <abbr>No</abbr> 32<lb/>
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                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>St Louis Circuit Court</orig>
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                     <lb/> 
                     <date when="1827-11">November Term 1827</date>
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                        <orig>Bank of Missouri</orig>
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                  <abbr>vs</abbr>
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                  <persName>
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                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
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                     <supplied>
                        <unclear>Shother pap</unclear>
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                  <dateline>filed <date when="1827-10-02">2nd October 1827</date>
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                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Archd Gamble</orig>
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               <author role="plaintiff"> Majerius, Arthur S. </author>             
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                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>William Clark</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName>
                     <lb/> ad<lb/> 
                     <unclear quantity="1" rend="written" unit="lines">
                        <supplied>President Director Co</supplied>
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                     <lb/> of <orgName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Bank of Missouri</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </orgName>
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                  <dateline>In the <orgName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Circuit Court</orig>
                        </choice>
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                     <lb/> 
                     <date when="1827-11">Novr. Term 1827</date>
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               <p>And the said <persName>
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                        <orig>William</orig>
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                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Clark</orig>
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                     <supplied>injury</supplied>
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                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Bank of Missouri</orig>
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                        <unclear>Majerius</unclear>
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                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
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                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Bank of Missouri</orig>
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                  <dateline>filed <date when="1827-12-01">Dec 1st 1827</date>
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                  <dateline>County Of <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>St. Louis</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>, Sct.<lb/> The <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>State of Missouri</orig>
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                  <salute>To The Sheriff Of County--Greeting:</salute>
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                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Thomas F Riddick</orig>
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                        <orig>Circuit Court</orig>
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                     <seg rend="form-fill-in">fourth</seg> day of <seg rend="form-fill-in">April</seg>,</date> at the city of <placeName>
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                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
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                           <orig>Bank of Missouri</orig>
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                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>William Clark</orig>
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Witness, <persName>
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                        <orig>Archibald Gamble</orig>
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                  </persName>, Clerk of our said <orgName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Circuit</orig>
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                        <orig>Court</orig>
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                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
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                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Archibald Gamble</orig>
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                  </signed>Clerk <abbr>C.</abbr> 
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                  <date when="1828-03">March 1828<lb/>
                  </date> Bank <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Missouri</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName>
                  <lb/> 
                  <abbr>vs</abbr>
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                     <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> April</signed>
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               <author role="clerk"> Gamble, Archibald </author>             
               <court>St. Louis County Circuit Court</court>
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                  <dateline>County Of <placeName>
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                           <orig>St. Louis</orig>
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                           <orig>State of Missouri</orig>
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                  <salute>To The Sheriff Of <seg rend="form-fill-in">St Louis</seg> County--Greeting:</salute>
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                        <orig>Circuit Court</orig>
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                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
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                           <orig>Bank of Missouri</orig>
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                           <orig>William</orig>
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Witness, <persName>
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                        <orig>Archibald Gamble</orig>
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                  </signed>Clerk <abbr>C.</abbr> 
                  <abbr>C.</abbr>
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               <p>Executed the writ on <persName>
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                        <orig>John K</orig>
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                              <orig>Missouri</orig>
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                        <persName>
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                              <orig>Wm Clark</orig>
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                  <date when="1828-04-04">4th april</date> for<lb/> 
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                        <orig>Bank of Missouri</orig>
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