Writ of Summons to Mrs. Samuel Russell, Samuel Russell, Miles H. Clark, Stewart Carter, Catherine Anderson, Henry T. Blow, Thomas O’Flaherty, Thomas Gray, Colonel Plympton [Dred Scott]
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“Writ of Summons to Mrs. Samuel Russell, Samuel Russell, Miles H. Clark, Stewart Carter, Catherine Anderson, Henry T. Blow, Thomas O’Flaherty, Thomas Gray, Colonel Plympton [Dred Scott]”. Second Circuit Court Trial, 1849-1850, 1849, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 6, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/108495
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Filing Name
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Writ of Summons to Mrs. Samuel Russell, Samuel Russell, Miles H. Clark, Stewart Carter, Catherine Anderson, Henry T. Blow, Thomas O’Flaherty, Thomas Gray, Colonel Plympton [Dred Scott]
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Description
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Writ of summons to plaintiff’s witnesses to appear in court on May 2d, 1849
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Date
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1849-04-28
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Is Part Of
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Second Circuit Court Trial, 1849-1850
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Identifier
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dre1849.0060.061
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Case ID
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ccr1849.0000.066
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Source
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Missouri State Archives - St. Louis
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Rights
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Public Domain
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Transcription
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> Legal Function: subpoena
County of St. Louis ss.
THE STATE OF MISSOURI,
To Mrs. Samuel Russell both on 4th street
Mr. Samuel Russell
Miles H. Clark
John F. Carter. at Whittemores near the bank
Stewart Carter at Paymasters office
Catherine A. Anderson Myrtle Street
Henry T. Blow
Thomas O. Flaherty
Thomas Gray Col. Plympton at barracks
GREETING:
You are hereby commanded, that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, you appear be-
fore our Circuit Court for the county aforesaid, on the 2nd of
May 1849 at the City of St. Louis, then and there to
testify, and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein Dred Scott is
plaintiff and
Irene Emerson
defendant on the part of plff
and herein you are in no wise to fail.
Witness, WILSON PRIMM, Clerk of our said Court, with the seal thereof hereto affixed, at office, in the City of St. Louis, this 28th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty- nine
Wilson Primm Clerk C.C.
> Legal Function: certificate of service
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> Document: Writ of Summons to Mrs. Samuel Russell, Samuel Russell, Miles H. Clark, Stewart Carter, Catherine Anderson,
Henry T. Blow, Thomas O'Flaherty, Thomas Gray, Colonel Plympton
Dred Scott
vs.
Irene Emerson
Spas for Plff.[?]
^ = ^
Mrs. Samuel Russell
+
Mr. Samuel Russell
^ = ^
Miles H. Clark
+ John F. Carter
+ Stuart Carter
+
Catherine Anderson
+ Henry T. Blow
+
Thomas O. Flaherty
+ Thomas Gray>
^ = ^ Col. Plympton
Entd[?] 2
Executed on all the within named witnesses except Mrs Samuel Russell and Miles H. Clark
Louis T LaBeaume Sheriff
By Léon[?] Frémore dept
Service $ 2.00
non est[?] 20
$ 2.20
“Writ of Summons to Mrs. Samuel Russell, Samuel Russell, Miles H. Clark, Stewart Carter, Catherine Anderson, Henry T. Blow, Thomas O’Flaherty, Thomas Gray, Colonel Plympton [Dred Scott]”. Second Circuit Court Trial, 1849-1850, 1849, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 6, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/108495
