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            <title>Jacob Philipson v. Meriwether Lewis</title>
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            <date type="filing" when="1829-11-28">November 28, 1829</date>
            <date type="term" when="1829-11">November Term 1829</date>
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            <caseTitle>Jacob Philipson v. Meriwether Lewis</caseTitle>
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            <party role="plaintiff">Philipson, Jacob</party>
            <party role="defendant">Lewis, Meriwether</party>
            <causeAction type="civil">Suit for Damages</causeAction>
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            <court type="state">St. Louis County Court</court>  
            <clerk>Gready, Isreal</clerk> 
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               <p>Whereas <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
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                              <orig>Meriwether</orig>
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                        <orig>Lewis</orig>
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                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
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                  <lb/> and <persName>
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                        <orig>William</orig>
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                        <orig>Lewis</orig>
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                  </persName> conveyed to me the undersigned <persName>
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                        <orig>Jacob Philipson</orig>
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                  </persName> for<lb/> and in consideration of the sum of eight hundered &amp; ninety<lb/> dollars one thousand aspens of land, being the undivi-<lb/>ded one third part of three thousand aspens which the said<lb/> 
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                        <orig>Lewis</orig>
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                  </persName> acquired of Piere Chouteau Sr and Bindgett his<lb/> wife by deed bearing date the <date when="1808-08-03">third of August in the<lb/> year 1808</date> which said land is a part of a tract orig-<lb/>inally contained four thousand eight hundered and<lb/> fifty aspens, and was granted to <persName>
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                        <orig>Joseph</orig>
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                  </persName> Adortis by<lb/> the Spanish Government situate about six miles north<lb/> west from the city of <placeName>
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                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
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                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
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                        <orig>State</orig>
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                  <placeName>
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                        <orig>of Missouri</orig>
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                        <orig>Marie</orig>
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                  </persName> Ceastor, and<lb/> whereas the said mortgage premises were sold on the<lb/> 
                  <date when="1810-10-27">27th day of October in the year 1810</date> (<unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> eighteen hun-<lb/>dred and ten) in conformity with a decree of the court<lb/> of common Pleas for the county of <placeName>
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                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
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                  </placeName> and according to<lb/> the condition expressed in said mortgage and the said<lb/> sum of eight hundered &amp; ninety dollars with interest re-<lb/>covered and paid over to me by my attorney <persName>
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                        <orig>Edward</orig>
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                  <persName>
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                        <orig>Hempsted</orig>
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                  </persName> and whereas <persName>
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                        <orig>James</orig>
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                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> the present own<lb/> er of the said one thousand aspens of land is appre<lb/>pensive that the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied> proceeding,</supplied>
                  </unclear> in relation to the sale of<lb/> said land in Compliance with the dieree of the court<lb/> were not in every respect regular and according to<lb/> law. Now therefore to quite all doubts as to the legality<lb/> of the proceeding as aforesaid, and for the considerations be-<lb/>fore mentioned I the said <persName>
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                        <orig>Jacob</orig>
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                  </persName> Phillipsn have remised re-<lb/>leased and forever quited claim, and do by these pres-<lb/>ents remise release and forever quit claim unto said<lb/> 
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                        <orig>James</orig>
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said thosuand arpens of land, and all right title<lb/> interest and claim in and to the same, and to its <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
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                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>, and do hereby give and grant the same with<lb/> its appentenances into said Jenmings his heirs and assigns<lb/> forever hereby acknowledging that I have rec. full and<lb/> entire satisfaction of the martgage aforesaid and every<lb/> part and parcel of the sum secured thereby.</p>
               <p>In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand &amp;<lb/> seal this <date when="1829-08-10">tenth day of August in the year one thousand<lb/> eight hundered and twenty nine.</date> 
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                        <orig>Jacob Philipson</orig>
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                  <lb/> signed sealed and delivered in presence of Israel W<lb/> Gready <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied> Ferdinand</supplied>
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                        <orig>State of Missouri</orig>
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                        <orig>Washington</orig>
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                  <lb/> county ss. Be it remembered that on this <date when="1829-08-10">tenth day of<lb/> August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun-<lb/>dred and twenty nine</date> before me Israel W. Gready,<lb/> clerk of the Circuit court within and for the county afore-<lb/>said appeared <persName>
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                        <orig>Jacob Philipson</orig>
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                  </persName> who is personlly known<lb/> to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the<lb/> foregoing instrument of writing as having executed the<lb/> same, and acknowledged the said instrument to he his act<lb/> and deed for the purpose therein mentioned.</p>
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Given<lb/> under my hand and seal of office at Potosi the day &amp; year<lb/> date above written.
<signed>Israel <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> Gready clerk.</signed>
                  <dateline>Recorded <date when="1829-11-28">28 November 1829</date>.</dateline>
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                           <orig>Archibald Gamble</orig>
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                           <orig>Missouri</orig>
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                     <placeName>
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                           <orig>County of St Louis</orig>
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               <p>I the undersigned Recorder in <placeName>
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                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
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                  <lb/> county, hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of<lb/> a deed executed by <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Jacob Philipson</orig>
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                  </persName> as the same remains<lb/> recorded in my office in <ref target="TBD">Book P page 287 &amp; 288</ref>.</p>
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Given under my hand and official seal at<lb/> office this <date when="1845-02-05">5th February 1845</date>
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               <p>50</p>
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                  <abbr>No</abbr> 16</p>
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                        <orig>Jacob Philipson</orig>
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                  <lb/> to<lb/> 
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                        <orig>James</orig>
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                  <date when="1829-08">augst 1829</date>
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