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            <title>Henly Donnelson vs. Missouri Fur Company</title>
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            <date type="term" when="1810-11">November Term 1810</date>
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            <caseTitle>Henly Donnelson vs. Missouri Fur Company</caseTitle>
            <date type="term" when="1810-11">November Term 1810</date>
            <party role="plaintiff">Donnelson, Henly</party>
            <party role="defendant">Missouri Fur Company</party>
            <causeAction type="civil">Trespass on the Case</causeAction>
            <caseNo>48</caseNo>
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            <court type="territorial">Territory of Louisiana, District of St. Louis, Court of Common Pleas </court>
            <judge type="presiding">Bent, Silas</judge>
            <clerk>Riddick, Thomas F.</clerk>
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            <attorney for="plaintiff">Russel E.</attorney>
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            <disposition stage="pleading">Discontinued by plaintiff</disposition>
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                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
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                  <dateline>Territory of <placeName>
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                           <orig>Louisiana</orig>
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                     <placeName>
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                           <orig>America</orig>
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                           <orig>Saint Louis</orig>
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                     <lb/> Greeting</salute>
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                        <orig>Wm Clark, Wm Morrison</orig>
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                        <orig>Peter Chouteau, August P. Chouteau</orig>
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                        <orig>Saint Louis</orig>
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                        <orig>Saint Louis</orig>
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                        <orig>Henly</orig>
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                     <placeName>
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                           <orig>Henly Donnolson</orig>
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                        <abbr>nov.</abbr> 1810</date>
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                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
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                           <orig>Missouri</orig>
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                  <date when="1810-05-02">May 2d 1810</date>—</p>
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                        <orig>Henly Donnolson</orig>
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                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
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                        <orig>Missouri</orig>
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                  <lb/> fur. Company —</head>
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                        <orig>Saint Louis</orig>
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                  <date when="1810-10-08">8th October 1810</date>
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