of the said , have been often required
but the same to him to pay altogether refused,
the same to him to pay, the said Edward
May still both refuse whereupon the
said Gilbert says he is da
mage to the value of Four hundred dollars
he brings said.

I. A. Graham

District of Saint Louis
The sheriff of the district of
Saint Louis Greeting

We command you to summons Edward Hempstead admin-
istrator of all and singular the goods and chattels , Rights and credits which
were of Meriwether Lewis accused that accused -> declared ? he be & appear before the judges of
court of common pleas to be holder at the town of Saint Louis in and for
the district of Saint Louis on the first Monday of March than there
to answer unto Gilbert C. Russell of a plea of trespass on the case to the
damage of the said Gilbert C. Russell the sum of four
hundred dollars have you then there this writ

Witness the honbl Silas Bent Esquire presiding judge of our said
court at the town of saint louis aforesaid this fourteenth day of
december in the year our lord one thousand eight hundred & Ten
and four independence the thirty fifth Thos. Riddick , clk

No 7

C.
vs.

Administrator of the
estate of Meriwether Lewis
March Term 1811

Issue summons
J. A. Graham
Executed
A McNair Shf

District of St. Louis -

Gilbert C. Russell complains of Ed-
ward Hempstead , administrator of all & singular the goods rights , which
were of Meriwether deceased at the time
of his death after pleas of a upon
whereupon the said
Gilbert complain, that whereof the said Meriwether in his lifetime, to wit on the
twenty seventh day of September in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hun-
dred & nine, at St. Louis of did makes
his certain note in writing called a promi
sory note, with his proper hand subscribed,
the same day & year and that
note to the said Gilbert C. Rufsell did
by which said note, the said Meriwether
did promise to pay to the said
Gilbert on order on the fourth day January
then next evening, the sum of Three
hundred & seventy nine dollars & fifty
eight events
for value by whereof the said Meriwether become changeable to pay the said Gil-
bert the sum of hundred of seventy
nine dollars a fifty eight only only -> cents , according to the
of the said note, and being so chargeable.
The said Meriwether afternoon afternoon -> afterwards , to writ, the same day a year of , at the district of in consideration
there faithfully promised that the of sum of money when he should be to required
he would will treaty pay bimonthlys , the said Meriwether , his promises affirmaytion [affirmation]
, in form of made, not regarding, but
contracting contracting -> contriving fraud intending him the
said Gilbert , in this behalf, craftily subtilely to deceive and defraud, the of three
hundred seventy nine dollars eight
cents , or any part thereof , during his life time
to the said Gilbert hath not paid , not the
said Edward administrator as since his
death (altho' to do the same, the said Meriwether in his lifetime, of the said Edward , since
the death

E.

filed March 9th 1811

361.61

125

718.45

18.75

30.75

10

48

559

750

229

331.45

379.58

3442.59

1032.70

2449 89

438

592.90

1032.70

have come to his hands, all which
he is ready to verify wherefore

Hemstead

administrator
of deceased.

The defendant in proper
person pleads:- that at the time of exhibiting the
plaintiffs writ. day of in the year
of our Lord. One thousand eight hundred & Eleven at
the Form and District of Saint Louis , - then had
come into his hand . Goods, . and property of the said , to the
amount as appraised according to dan,, of One
thousand one Dollar, a seventy cents:- That on
the twenty second day of August last part, a part
of the said estate. by him to public
sale, on a credit of Six months, and sold to
the amount of four hundred & thirty eight Dollars:
and there remains in his hands unsold. So the
amount of the appraised value of five hundred
& ninety two Dollars, seventy cents, in
territorial certificates uncollected and unpaid
(out of which is to be Deducted the charges few of
administering on the said estate & the amount of
compensation to this Defendant not yet allowed
that the following Demands
have been presented to him as administrator of the
said estate-..- To Jacob Philipeon on a
Mortgage: The promises decreed to be sold
a balance of $361.61- charles note of hand against the said Lewis
for the sum of one hundred & twenty five Dollars.
-..- against the said
Louis Louis -> Lewis , for the sum of seven hundred eighteen Dollars
& forty five cents. -..-

A a Bill of exchange by said Lewis in
of Peter proven chou on James Madison Secretary of State, for the sum of of Eighteen Dollars
and Seventy five cents. - Said Lewis's note to
Antoine Saugrain for Thirty Dollars Seventy five cents.-
Said Lewis's note to August Chouteau for
Ten Dollars. A Judgment against this Defendant
as Administrator as aforesaid , in favor of Shined G fraine by a the peace for the of Saint Louis , for the
Sum of Forty Eight Dollars: which said Judgment
this Defendant has caused to be removed to the Court
of Common Pleas for the District of Saint Louis
And an account of John against said
Lewis to the amount of Five hundred fifty nine Dollars A note in favor of Alexander Stuart for
Seven hundred fifty Dollars, under Seal William H Thomas protested Gift of Exchange against the Estate
of said Meriwether Lewis for the sum of Two Hundred
Twenty Dollars of
hand against said Lewis for the sum of Two Hundred
thirty one Dollars forty five one half cents ,
which with the plaintiff's demand in this suit
makes in the whole the sum of Three thousand and
four Hundred Fifty Two Dollars Fifty nine
one half cents, which the said estate
not calculating the fee, change, of
the administration not yet to the
amount of Two Thousand and four Hundred and
nineteen Dollars Eighty Nine one half cents
and that no other Good a chattels of the said

Bond for Costs

filed 14th December 1810

Know all by these presents that I Forgus Moorhead firmly bound to Thomas
J . Redick for the sum of forty dollars
for the payment of which I find myself to a
firmly by payments, sealed with my seal
the twelfth day of Dec. A.D. eighteen
hundred ten

The condition of this obligation
is such that if the said Forgus will
pay the of a suit brought by
Gilbert C. Russell against Edward Hempstead
admininstrator of the estate of M . Lewis dec./ in there is not Judg against
administration/ this obligation to be said
otherwise to remain inform & virtue

Forgus Moorhead