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for $2000.
1818
We command you to summon
that he be and appear before the Judge
of
then and
of a plea that he
of two thousand dollors which he owes to and
plaintiff fifty dollars and
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the
to writ at the place aforesaid whereof the
said Dependant afterward to wit, on the
same day and year last
to the said plaintiff to damand
mentioned sum of four hundred dollars
other
ded. Yet the said Dependant although
often requested so to do hath not yet paid
the said sum of two thousand dollars above
demanded or any part therof to the said
plaintiff, but
plaintiff of fifty dollars and therefore
he brings his
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suit complains of
in this suit of a plea that he surrender to the
said plaintiff the sum of two thousands dollars
which he
him: for that whereas the said plaintiff &
the said Defendant, to wit on the
day of july one thousand eight hundred of
sixteen
of within the jurisdiction of the court made
their certain And or writing obligatory, duly
executed by the said defendant of the one part
and the said plaintiff of the other part-
of the said defendant and which said dud
or writing obligatory, being in the possession
of the said Defendant the said plaintiff can-
not produce the same to the said court here
By which said dud or writing obligatory
the said Plaintiff agreed to enter into the service
& employment of the said Defendent as a
trader and to go up the
its
for the said defendant, and to continue in
his employment as such trade untill the
month of june then next. And the said
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Defendent by the said dud or writing obliga
tory promised to pay to the said plaintiff
for his said
dred dollars, to be paid upon the expiration
of the said term of
tiff
cution of the said And or writing obligatory, he
entered into the
Defendent as a trader, to wit at
and that he proceeded up the river
its
the said Defendant and traded with the Indians for the said Defendant, in all things following
his
in his employment as such trader untill
the month of june then next, to wit the
month of
dred seventeen
of term of the said service had expired-
and that he did in all things perform & ful-
fill the undertaking on his part to be performed
& fulfilled, according to the true intent of meaning
of the said agreement as contained in the said
dud or writing obligatory. Yet the said Plaintiff saith that the said Defendent although
often requested hath not as yet paid the said sum
of four hundred dollars to the said plaintiff or any
part thereof: But
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and
mong
the Indian
perform as
of
seventeen
completely
yet the
hath not paid to the
plaintiff the
hundred
to wholly
And
one thousand eight hundred & seventeen
at the
dollars, for the
tiff
performed by him the
a
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of the said Defendant and for his
and at his
to the paid to the said plaintiff by the said
Defendant when he should be
aterwards
of the said last mentioned sum of money
being & remaining wholly
action hath
to demand
Defendant the said last four hundred dol-
lars parcel of the said sum above demanded
And whereas also afterwards to wit on
the same day of year last
the
the said plaintiff at the
of
had before that time
and had been in his service & employment
as a trader among the indians and had
to wit the
defendant
fully promised the said plaintiff to pay him there
for, so much money as he therfore
deserved to have when he
said plaintiff
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and
demand of the
sum of four hundred dollars
of the said
And for that
of
thousand eight hundred & sixteen
by his
which
being in the
the said plaintiff cannot
same to the
&
hundred dollars to be paid to him in
the month of
make
in that
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&
Plaintiff the said sum of four hundred
dollars
but
And for that
had
employment of the said Defendant as
a
for the said Defendant and to
in his
untill the month of June thereafter as such
thereof promised to pay the said plaintiff
therefor four hundred dollars - upon the
completion of the said
And the
of the said Defendant as such trader upon
the day of year
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appear before the judges of our
court at the next
for
day of
answer unto
of
and
age of said plaintiff fifty dollars and
have you then
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The defend
this writ to him in the
commanded
he be and appear before the
at the next
within and for the county of
of August next
of