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            <title>William Clark v. Auguste Brazeau and Louis Brazeau, Jr.</title>
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            <date type="term" when="1819-04">April Term 1819</date>
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            <party role="plaintiff">Clark, William</party>
            <party role="defendant">Brazeau, Auguste</party>
            <party role="defendant">Brazeau, Louis Jr.</party>
            <causeAction type="civil">Trespass</causeAction>
            <causeAction type="civil">Ejectment</causeAction>
            <caseNo>157</caseNo>
            <court type="state">St. Louis Circuit Court</court>  
            <court type="state">State of Maryland, City of Baltimore</court>  
            <clerk>Gamble, Archibald</clerk> 
            <clerk>Ledue, M.P.</clerk> 
            <sheriff type="deputy">Grits, Andrew S.M.</sheriff> 
            <sheriff>Brown, Jos.</sheriff>     
            <affiant>Comegyed, John G.</affiant>        
            <judge type="presiding">Provencher, Peter</judge>
            <attorney for="plaintiff">Tucker, N.B.</attorney>
            <attorney for="plaintiff">Hempstead, Charles</attorney>
            <attorney for="defendant">Easton</attorney>
            <attorney for="defendant">Pettibone, Rufus</attorney>
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                  <lb/> him the said
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                  <abbr>adsm</abbr>
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               <author role="attorney">Tucker, N.B.</author>   
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                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
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                  <abbr>vs</abbr>
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                     <lb/> In <placeName>
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                           <orig>Saint Louis</orig>
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                     <date when="1819-12">December Term 1819/</date>
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                        <orig>Circuit Court</orig>
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                  <lb/> being the
                            <date when="1819-12">December Term there of in the year<lb/> One
                            thousand eight hundred and nineteen,</date> they<lb/> came for trial the
                        aforesaid cause before a Jury</p>
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                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Antoine Vincent</orig>
                     </choice>
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                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Bouis</orig>
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                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> the seventeenth day of October in the
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                     <supplied>ninety</supplied>
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                        induding the premises in guiten<lb/> which said petition mar and repord to
                        <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Charles</orig>
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                  <lb/> Dehauet Delupers Lieutenant Governor of<lb/> the late
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                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Missouri</orig>
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                        <orig>Antoine Vincent</orig>
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                  <persName>
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                        <orig>Bouis</orig>
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                  </persName> &amp;<lb/> Rife - as nice mone fully appear by the Copiy<lb/> of Driois admitted in evidence - and hereunto<lb/> annexed musked B &amp; C and made part and parcel<lb/> of the Bill of <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
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                        <orig>Congress</orig>
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                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Saint Louis</orig>
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               <p>the said planitiff claimed a verdict in his favor</p>
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                  <lb/> of the ground mentioned in
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                        the Defendants claim - on the premises in dispute<lb/> and now sued for -
                        and that at the time<lb/> he said Louis Brayns buiet said Slaughter house
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                        Board of trustees of the Town<lb/> of <placeName>
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                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
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               <p>The Count thereupon <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> the Jury<lb/> that the plaintiff could
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                        <date when="1803">1803,</date> and that in this case the posession<lb/> of
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                        which ground in rear of his <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> he held
                        and<lb/> claimed all the time under an adverse claim<lb/> which was the only
                        part of which the defendants had even<lb/> taken posession, and over which
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                           <orig>N. B. Tucker</orig>
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               <p>A (<abbr>No</abbr> 3)</p>
               <p>Abstract of the notice of <persName>
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                        <orig>Vincent</orig>
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                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Louis Brazeau</orig>
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                        <placeName>
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                              <orig>St</orig>
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                        <orig>Louis</orig>
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                        <orig>Louis Brazeau</orig>
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                        <placeName>
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                              <orig>Mississippi</orig>
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                  <lb/> and thereof and
                        of every part thereof I do hereby acquit<lb/>
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                     <supplied>exonerate</supplied>
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                  <lb/> the said <persName>
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                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
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                     <supplied>being</supplied>
                  </unclear>in the said
                        Town of <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
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                     <supplied>rear</supplied>
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                  <lb/> and <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
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                     <supplied>herein</supplied>
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                     <supplied>Conveyed</supplied>
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                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> the said <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
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                        Lonthaby in the Lot of <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>
                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Antoine</orig>
                           </choice>
                        </persName>
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                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Vincent</orig>
                     </choice>
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                        Bouis, the<lb/> second lot <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
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                        French <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>measure</supplied>
                  </unclear> point, <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>Westworldly</supplied>
                  </unclear> by feet in the rear<lb/>
                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> bounded and described as follows
                            <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>to</supplied>
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                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>Wit</supplied>
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                     <supplied>river</supplied>
                  </unclear>
                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>
                        <placeName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Mississippi</orig>
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                        </placeName>
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                     <supplied>conveyed</supplied>
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                        lot of <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Antoine</orig>
                     </choice>
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                     <supplied>
                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Vincent</orig>
                           </choice>
                        </persName>
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                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Bouis</orig>
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                     <supplied>augmented</supplied>
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                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <lb/> the old <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>concession</supplied>
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                     <supplied>Westwardly</supplied>
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                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>Louis</supplied>
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                     <supplied>
                        <placeName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Mississippi</orig>
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                        Louis Braseaury and <persName>
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                        <orig>Auguste Chouteau</orig>
                     </choice>
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                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>onto</supplied>
                  </unclear> him the<lb/> said <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
                     </choice>
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                        of all mammer of debts, claims mortgaged<lb/>
                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> contracts whatever and from all
                        persons<lb/> legally claiming the Same. In testimony whoseof I have<lb/>
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                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>hereunto</supplied>
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                            eight hundred and<lb/> Fourteen.</date> Done at the <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>City of Baltimore</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName>
                        <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Maryland</orig>
                     </choice>
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                           <orig>State of Maryland</orig>
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                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>City of Baltimore</orig>
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                        <orig>City of Baltimore</orig>
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                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
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                        <orig>John</orig>
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                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>
                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>G</orig>
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                  <lb/> the
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                     <supplied>purposes</supplied>
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                     <supplied>hereunto</supplied>
                  </unclear> to sit my hand and caused<lb/> the
                        corporate seal of the city of <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Baltimore</orig>
                     </choice>
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                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>affirmed</supplied>
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                  <signed>Edw. D Johnson<lb/> Mayor of the <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>City of Baltimore</orig>
                        </choice>
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                  <dateline>Recorded this <date when="1815-08-15">15th day of August 1815.</date>
                     <lb/> M.P.Lectue Clk. St. Ls. Cty, Cty, Ct &amp; ex eff : Rec.</dateline>
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                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Missouri</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName> Territory<lb/> 
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>County of St Louis</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName> 
                     <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                        <supplied>Js.</supplied>
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               <p>I do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct<lb/>
                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>copy</supplied>
                  </unclear> of
                        the Records in my office Book, <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>.</p>
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                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>=unto</supplied>
                  </unclear> set my hand and seal of<lb/> office at my office this <date when="1818-02-09">ninth day<lb/> of February one Thousand eight hundred and eighteen</date>
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                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>M. P. Ledue</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName> Clk by<lb/>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Andrew</orig>
                        </choice>
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                    Court historical records project.</p>
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               <author role="clerk">Gamble, Archibald</author> 
               <court>St. Louis Circuit Court</court>
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                        <supplied>
                           <placeName>
                              <choice>
                                 
                                 <orig>Missouri</orig>
                              </choice>
                           </placeName>
                        </supplied>
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                     <lb/>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>County of St Louis</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>
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                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>United States</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName> of <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>America</orig>
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                        <supplied>Sherriff</supplied>
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                     <lb/> of St Louis County Greeting.</salute>
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               <p>We command you to summon <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Auguste Brazeau</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>
                  <lb/> and <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Louis Brazeau</orig>
                     </choice>
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                     <supplied>
                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Junior</orig>
                           </choice>
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                  <lb/>
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                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
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                        within and for the <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>County of St Louis</orig>
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                        then and there to answer unto<lb/>
                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
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                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>William</orig>
                           </choice>
                        </persName>
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                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Clark</orig>
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                  <lb/> to the damages of the said
                        Plaintiff two thousand<lb/>
                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> And have you then there this <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
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                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
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                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Archibald Gamble</orig>
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                  </persName> Clerk<lb/> of our
                        said Court as Office this <date when="1819-03-12">twelfth day<lb/> of March
                            in the year of our Lord<lb/> one thousand eight hundred and
                            nineteen.</date>
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                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>A Gamble</orig>
                        </choice>
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               <p>Louis of <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <lb/> 
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                  <lb/> of <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> in <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
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                  <lb/> 
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
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               <opener>
                  <abbr>No</abbr> 157
<dateline>
                     <date when="1819-04">April Term 1819</date>
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                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>
                  <lb/> 
                  <abbr>vs</abbr>
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Auguste</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>
                  <lb/> 
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>
                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Brazeau</orig>
                           </choice>
                        </persName>
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                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
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                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
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                     <supplied>
                        <placeName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>St</orig>
                           </choice>
                        </placeName>.</supplied>
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                  <lb/> 
                  <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Louis</orig>
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                     <supplied>suit</supplied>
                  </unclear> of<lb/>
                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>acknowledgment</supplied>
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                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied/>
                  </unclear>
                  <lb/>
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>Damages</supplied>
                  </unclear> $2000<lb/>
                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>
                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Hempstead</orig>
                           </choice>
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                  <lb/> excuise</p>
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                  <dateline>filed <date when="1819-03-11">March 11th 1819</date>
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                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>A Gamble</orig>
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                  <dateline>Territory of <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Missouri</orig>
                        </choice>
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                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>County of Saint Louis</orig>
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                           <orig>Circuit Court</orig>
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                     <date when="1819-04">April Term 1819</date>
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                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
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                        <persName>
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                              <orig>Hempstead</orig>
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                        <orig>Auguste</orig>
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                        <orig>William</orig>
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                        <placeName>
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                              <orig>St. Louis</orig>
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                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
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                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
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                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
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                        <placeName>
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                              <orig>Mississippi</orig>
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                        <orig>Paul</orig>
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                        <orig>United
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                        <orig>America</orig>
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               <author role="clerk">Gamble, Arhibald</author> 
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                  <abbr>No</abbr>3</p>
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Bill of exceptions
filed <date when="1820-01-20">January 20th<lb/> 1820</date>
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                           <orig>A Gamble</orig>
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