Charles Sanguinette v. Edward Hempstead
Item
Charles Sanguinette V. Edward Hempstead. 1808, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 2, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60532
- Case Title
- Charles Sanguinette v. Edward Hempstead
- Series
- Lewis and Clark
- Plaintiff
- Sanguinette, Charles
- Defendant
- Hempstead, Edward (Executor)
- Lewis, Meriwether (Estate of)
- Date Filed
- 1809
- Filing Date
- 1809
- Plaintiff’s Attorney
- Carr, William C.
- Defendant’s Attorney
- Hempstead, Edward
- Court Name
- Territory of Louisiana, District of St. Louis, Court of Common Pleas
- Court Term
- 1810-11
- Judge
- Bent, Silas
- Clerk
- Riddick, Thomas F.
- Sheriff
- McNair, Alexander
- Cause of Action
- Action of Debt
- Case Notes
- Estate of Meriwether Lewis; details Lewis's debts; Lewis estate worth $1,811.65.
- Case Number
- 16
- Identifier
- ccr1809.01089.004
- Source
- Missouri State Archives - St. Louis
- Rights
- Public Domain
- PDF Download
- Download PDF of all images
- Transcription
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**Charles Sanguinette vs. Edward Hempstead**
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**Page 1** (1089_001.jpg)
> *Legal Function: Complaint*
District of Saint Louis [illegible]
Charles [illegible] Sanguinette Complains of
Edward [illegible] Hempstead administrator of all [illegible] singular the
goods [illegible] chattels nights, and [illegible] credits of [illegible] Meriwether Lewis
[illegible] in a [illegible] that he [illegible] to him the [illegible] sum of One
hundred [illegible] & Seventy Five Dollars. Lawful money of the [illegible] United
States which the said Lewis to him in his life time [illegible] farther where as the said Lewis at the Town of
District of [illegible] Saint Louis - on the Twenty fourth day of
August in the Year of our Lord One Thousand [illegible] eight hundred and [illegible] nine, by one [illegible] certain Obligatory-sealed with the seal or several of the said Lewis of by
him [illegible] signed- the date whereof is the same of year last
[illegible], where by he acknowledges to [illegible] owe the plaintiff
the [illegible] sum of One hundred [illegible] Seventy five dollars, payable
the first day of [illegible] October then [illegible] next for [illegible] value received.
[illegible] the said Lewis in his [illegible] life time [illegible] nor the said
[illegible] administrator since his [illegible] decease have not paid the
said [illegible] sum of [illegible] money to the plaintiff though after requested
to his [illegible] Damage Two Hundred [illegible] Dollars - [illegible] Wherefor he [illegible] sees.
*[illegible] Will C.
Carr*
> *Legal Function: Evidentiary Document*
Copy of [illegible] Bond [illegible] St St. Louis August 24, 1809
I [illegible] acknowledge- myself to be [illegible] justly [illegible] indebted to [illegible] Charles Sanguine the sum of One hundred [illegible] Seventy Five Dollars
payable the 1st day of October next for [illegible] value received
[illegible]
*Signed [illegible] Lewis [illegible] [illegible]*
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**Page 2** (1089_002.jpg)
> *Legal Function: Summons*
No 16
Charles [illegible] Sanguinette
vs
Edward Hampstead [illegible] adm
of M Lewis .
Nov. [illegible] Term1810
This is an action of
Debt brought to recover
money Due on [illegible] Bond Let
a summons [illegible] issue
Debt \$125 damage
\$200 accordingly-
*[illegible] Carr for [illegible] Plf
Excuted
[illegible] A McNair , Shf
[illegible]*
> *Legal Function: Summons Part 2*
Territory of Louisiana
District of Saint-Louis
[illegible] The United States of America
to the Sheriff of the district
of Saint-Louis greeting
We command you to summons Edward Hampstead
Administrator of all and singular the goods [illegible] Chattels rights and credits of
Meriwether Levis deceased, [illegible] if he may be found within you [illegible] bailiwick
that he and appear before the judges of our Court of common pleas
to be holden at the town of Saint-Louis in and for the district of Saint-Louis
on the first Monday of [illegible] November next-then there to answer unto Charles
Sanguinette of a plea that he under to him the sum of Ohe hundred and
twenty five dollars which the said Lewis to him in his life time justly owed
and from him unjustly detains to the damage of the said Charles [illegible] Sangui
nette the sum of two hundred dollars and have you then there
this [illegible] writ
*Witness the [illegible] Honbl. Lilas Bent Esquire presiding judge
of your said Court at the town of Saint-Louis aforesaid
this tenth day of August in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and ten and of our
Independence the thirty fifth Thomas Riddick clk*
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**Page 3** (1089_003.jpg)
> *Legal Function: Defendant's Answer*
Edward [illegible] Hempstead of [illegible] of
[illegible] M . Lewis [illegible] vs. -
[illegible]
Charles [illegible] Sanguinette
The [illegible] Defendant pleads that at the
[illegible] of [illegible] Plaintiff [illegible] on the
day of august, in the [illegible] one thousand eight hundred & Ten
[illegible] the [illegible] district of Saint Louis , [illegible] had came
[illegible] and [illegible] of the
said [illegible] to the [illegible] value of one thousand, and
one Dollars and [illegible] to the [illegible] in the office [illegible] the
[illegible] of Saint Louis [illegible] the Twenty Second day of
[illegible] and, a [illegible] of [illegible] by [illegible] to [illegible] on a [illegible] of Six months and [illegible]
to the amount of [illegible] Hundred & [illegible] eight Dollars-and
there [illegible] his honor [illegible] old, [illegible] paid, property
[illegible] to the [illegible] Value of Five Hundred ninety two
Dollars & seventy Cents [illegible] of which is [illegible] the [illegible] the
change [illegible] of the administration. [illegible] the following [illegible]
have [illegible] of said [illegible].
| | |
|---|---|
| Jacob [illegible] a decree of the [illegible] of Common [illegible] district [illegible] balance [illegible]- | [illegible] |
| alexander [illegible] against [illegible] | [illegible] |
| James [illegible], -[illegible] | [illegible] |
| [illegible], a [illegible] of exchange. | [illegible] |
| [illegible] | 30.75 |
| [illegible] against [illegible] | 10. |
| a [illegible] by [illegible] against
[illegible] Defendant on administrator, [illegible] Pleas [illegible] | [illegible] |
| William H Thomas, protested bill of unchange
[illegible] | \$220,50 |
| John [illegible] demand for money received by
[illegible] said Lewis for him action hundreds
in his Count for | 559 |
| The [illegible] demand in this [illegible] | 125.00 |
| | \$2842.00 |
amounting in the whole in the sum of [illegible] Two Thousand
eight hundred & forty two dollars & six cents which
leaves the said estate [illegible] insolvent not calculationg the
change [illegible] & fees of administration not yet ascertained to the
amount of one thousand eight hundred & Eleven Dollar
& sixty five cents--and that no other goods a [illegible] of
the said [illegible] have seen [illegible] come to his honor--all
which he is [illegible] ready to verify to--
*[illegible] E. Hempstead , Pro ?*
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> *Legal Function: Certificate of Filing*
Hamstead
[illegible] admof
[illegible] MLewis
avs
[illegible] Sanguinette
16
[illegible] Nov. 7. 1810
copy made for
Plffs
Charles Sanguinette V. Edward Hempstead. 1808, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 2, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60532