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            <title>Missouri Fur Company vs. Charles Tibeau</title>
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            <date type="term" when="1817-10">October Term, 1817</date>
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            <caseTitle>Missouri Fur Company vs. Charles Tibeau</caseTitle>
            <date type="term" when="1817-10">October Term, 1817</date>
            <party role="plaintiff">Missouri Fur Company</party>
            <party role="defendant">Tibeau, Charles</party>
            <causeAction type="civil">Trespass on the Case</causeAction>
            <caseNo>62</caseNo>
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            <court type="territorial">Territory of Missouri, District of St. Louis, Court of Common Pleas </court>
            <judge type="presiding"/>
            <clerk>Leduc, Mary Philip</clerk>
            <sheriff>Thompson, John</sheriff>
            <attorney for="plaintiff">Hempstead, C.</attorney>
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                  <dateline>Territory of <placeName>
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                           <orig>Missouri</orig>
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                     <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> In the <orgName>
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                  <persName>
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                        <orig>William</orig>
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                  </persName> Clark, <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Manuel Lisa</orig>
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                        <orig>Andrew</orig>
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                        <orig>Pierre Chouteau, August P Chouteau</orig>
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                        <orig>William</orig>
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                  <persName>
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                        <orig>Morrison</orig>
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                        <orig>Peter Menard</orig>
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                  <persName>
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                        <orig>Samuel</orig>
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                        <orig>Reuben</orig>
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                  <supplied> style </supplied> of<lb/> "The <orgName>
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                  <supplied> to wit </supplied> on the <date when="1807-09-03">third day of September, in the year of our<lb/> Lord one thousand eight hundred seven</date> 
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                  <supplied> to wit </supplied>
                  <lb/> a place on the <placeName>
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                        <orig>Missouri</orig>
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                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> called “a lisle a <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                  <supplied> Loyal </supplied>”<lb/> in the then District of St. Charles, &amp; Territory aforesaid<lb/> now County of <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                  <supplied> 
                     <persName>
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                           <orig>Howard</orig>
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                        <orig>County of Saint Louis</orig>
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                  <supplied> direction </supplied>the jurisdiction<lb/> of this Court) made his <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> writing of that date<lb/> commonly called a <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                  <supplied> promissory </supplied> note <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> his own proper<lb/> hand being thereunto signed (<unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 1 &amp; nowhere to be <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                  <supplied> shown </supplied>)<lb/> whereby he acknowledged to owe to the above named <persName>
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                        <orig>Manuel</orig>
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                  <persName>
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                        <orig>Lisa</orig>
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                        <orig>Missouri</orig>
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                           <orig>Fur</orig>
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                        <orig>Company</orig>
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                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> was then &amp; there acting as Agent &amp; Factor for and on<lb/> behalf of said plaintiffs as well as for himself in <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                  <supplied> then </supplied>
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        said <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                  <supplied> business </supplied> up the <placeName>
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                        <orig>Missouri</orig>
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                  </placeName> River in the Territory<lb/> aforesaid, the said Defendant then &amp; there promised to pay<lb/> to said <persName>
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                        <orig>Manuel</orig>
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                  <supplied> Im </supplied> 
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                        <orig>Manuel</orig>
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                  <persName>
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                  <supplied> Factor </supplied> de la Compagny des <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> du Missoury"<lb/> the just Sum of two hundred &amp; seventy one Dollars<lb/> and fifty nine Cents Lawful money of the <placeName>
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                        <orig>United States</orig>
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                  <lb/> when thereunto afterwards he should be requested, for<lb/> the Value there of received in <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                  <supplied> diving </supplied>merchandise received by<lb/> said Defendant from the aforesaid Agent. I for payments<lb/> made to several persons for him said <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                  <supplied> Tebeau </supplied> by said <persName>
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                        <orig>Manuel</orig>
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                  <supplied> the </supplied> then &amp; there delivered the same<lb/> 
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                  <supplied> promissory </supplied> 
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                  <supplied> note </supplied> to said Agent for said plaintiffs. Whereby<lb/> an action <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                  <supplied> hath: </supplied> 
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> to said plaintiffs to <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                  <supplied> recover </supplied> 
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                  <supplied> if have </supplied>
                  <lb/> of &amp; from said Defendant the aforesaid Sum of money<lb/> mentioned in said promissory note when thereunto afterwards<lb/> he should be requested. Nevertheless the said Defendant<lb/> though often requested to pay said Sum of money mentioned in<lb/> said promissory note, to said plaintiffs <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
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                  <placeName>
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                        <orig>County of Saint Louis</orig>
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                  <supplied> Hath </supplied> never paid the same<lb/> Sum of money nor any part nor pencil thereof to said plaintiffs<lb/> nor to any person for them, but so to hitherto <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                  <supplied> hath </supplied> ever refused<lb/> &amp; still <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                  <supplied> doth </supplied> refuse to the Damage of said plaintiffs four hundred<lb/> Dollars; wherefore they Sue &amp;c.</p>
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               <title>Summons</title>
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               <legalTitle>Summons</legalTitle>
               <author role="clerk">Leduc, Mary Philip</author>    
               <author role="clerk">Leduc, Mary Philip</author> 
               <author role="sheriff">Carr, A.</author>  
               <author role="attorney">Hempstead</author>  
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                  <dateline>Territory of <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Missouri</orig>
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                     <lb/> county of <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>St. Louis</orig>
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                     <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> The <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                     <supplied> united </supplied> states of<lb/> 
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>America</orig>
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                     </placeName> to the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                     <supplied> sheriff </supplied>
                     <lb/> the county of <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                     <supplied> 
                        <placeName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>St. Louis</orig>
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                     </supplied> ... greeting </salute>
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               <p>we command gave to take Charles Tibeau if  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <lb/> he may be found within your <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                  <supplied> bailiwick </supplied>
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                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                  <supplied> him </supplied> safely keep so that <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                  <supplied> you </supplied> may <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                  <supplied> have </supplied>
                  <lb/> before <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                  <supplied> our </supplied> Circuit court to be <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                  <supplied> held </supplied>
                  <lb/> judge therof on the second monday of a<lb/> at the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                  <supplied> town of </supplied> 
                  <supplied> 
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                           <orig>St. Louis</orig>
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                  </supplied> within and<lb/> 
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                        <orig>County of</orig>
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                  <supplied> 
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                        <orig>William</orig>
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                           <orig>Manuel</orig>
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                  <supplied> 
                     <persName>
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                           <orig>Lisa</orig>
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                  <supplied> Andrew </supplied>
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                        <orig>Chouteau August</orig>
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                        <orig>P</orig>
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                  <supplied> Chouteau </supplied>
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                  <persName>
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                        <orig>William</orig>
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                  <supplied> 
                     <persName>
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                           <orig>Morrison</orig>
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                  <supplied> 
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Peter</orig>
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                  <supplied> 
                     <persName>
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                           <orig>Menard</orig>
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                  <supplied> Sam </supplied>
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                  <supplied> 
                     <persName>
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                           <orig>Reuben</orig>
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                  <supplied> Lewig </supplied>in a <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
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                  <supplied> trespass on </supplied>
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                  <supplied> case </supplied> to the damage of the said plaintiff<lb/> four hundred dollars and have you then<lb/> there this writ</p>
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Witness <persName>
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                        <orig>Mary Philip Leduc</orig>
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                  </persName> Clerk at office<lb/> this <date when="1817-09-10">tenth day of september eighteen<lb/> hundred and seventeen</date> and four<lb/> 
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> presence the forty second
<signed>
                     <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> D. Clerk for<lb/> M. <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>P. Leduc</orig>
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                  <supplied> defendant </supplied> to <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                  <supplied> bail </supplied>
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                  <supplied> sum </supplied> of four hundred dollars</p>
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                     <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> D. Clerk for<lb/> M. <persName>
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                           <orig>P. Leduc</orig>
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                  <supplied>Charles Tibeau non est <lb/> non est 50 A. <persName>
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                           <orig>Carr</orig>
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                     </persName> D. Sheriff<lb/>for JM Thompson Sheriff</supplied>
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                  <abbr>No</abbr> 62<lb/> 
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                  <supplied> to </supplied> Oct Term</p>
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                        <orig>S Louis</orig>
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                        <orig>Missouri Fur Company</orig>
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                  <abbr>vs</abbr> 
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                  <lb/> 
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                  <supplied>Charles Tibeau</supplied> 
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                  <lb/> 
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> $400<lb/> 
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                  <supplied>capias ad respon<lb/>dendum</supplied> issue accordingly<lb/> Damage $400. bail required<lb/> for that amount</p>
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