William Clark v. Nicholas Brazeau
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William Clark V. Nicholas Brazeau. 1808, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 2, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60535
- Case Title
- William Clark v. Nicholas Brazeau
- Series
- Lewis and Clark
- Fur Trade
- Plaintiff
- Clark, William
- Defendant
- Brazeau, Nicholas
- Date Filed
- 1809
- Filing Date
- 1809
- Plaintiff’s Attorney
- Hempstead, Edward
- Court Name
- Territory of Louisiana, District of St. Louis, Court of Common Pleas
- Court Term
- 1809-11
- Judge
- Bent, Silas
- Clerk
- Riddick, Thomas F.
- Sheriff
- Connor, Jeremiah
- Cause of Action
- Action of Debt
- Case Notes
- Clark sued to use of Missouri Fur Company; note for $171.22 1/2; damages $300.
- Case Number
- 6
- Identifier
- ccr1809.01107.002
- Source
- Missouri State Archives - St. Louis
- Rights
- Public Domain
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- Transcription
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**William Clark vs. Nicholas Brazeau**
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**Page 1** (1107_001.jpg)
> *Legal Function: Complaint*
District of Saint Louis Ss
William Clarke , complains of Nicholas
Brazeaa[?] for this, that the said Nicholas, at the
District
aforesaid, on the thirteenth Day of July in the year of one
thousand eight hundred and nine, by one certain [illegible] note
of hand of that date by him with his own propers
hand writing or mark then & there put made of
subscribed, promised the plaintiff as follows as
"on Demand I promise to pay to Gen. William
" Clarke agent for the Missouri Fur Company , on his
"order the just and full sum of one hundred & seventy
one Dollars & twenty two & half cents for value
"received
*St. Louis July 13 1809 Nicholas [illegible] hisX mark Brazean[?]*
> *Legal Function: Complaint Part 2*
Yet the said Nicholas Brazeau though
often requested hath [illegible] refused &[?] still refuses
the said sum of money to the plaintiff to pay
to his damages for the use of the Missouri
Fur Company the sum of three hundred
Dollars [illegible] Wherefore he sues
*Edward Hempstead*
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**Page 2** (1107_002.jpg)
> *Legal Function: bailbond*
Cepic Corpus & bail bond
First
afterwards
taken
bail
Commitment Jer. Connor Shf
Writ \$1-50
Bond 50
Mileage 10
2.10
[illegible]
> *Legal Function: Request for Capias ad Respondendum*
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William Clerk,
use of Missouri Fur
Company [illegible]
Nicholas Brazeau
cash cam \$300[?]
November Term
1809
This action is brought to
recover money due on
[illegible] a note of [illegible] hand Let a
writ of capias ad Respon-
dendum in Trespass on
the [illegible] casedamage \$3000
[illegible] issue accordingly - bail
required for that sum
Clerks fee to be paid
by Gen. Clark,
*Hempstead*
> *Legal Function: Certificate of Execution*
After executing this Writ by order in writing of Edwd. Hemp-
stead Esq. allowed Defendant go without Bail.
Service $ 1
Bond 50
Mileage 10
\$1.60
*[illegible] Jer. Connor Shf.*
> *Legal Function: Capias ad Respondendum*
Territory of Louisiana
District of Saint Louis
sct. The United States of America to the Sheriff
of the District of
St. Louis Greeting
We command and you to take Nicholas Brazeaa[?]
if he may be found within your bailiwick and him safely keep so that you
may have his body before the judges of our Court of Common Pleas to be
holden at the town of Saint Louis in & for the District of Saint Louis
on the first Monday of November next then there to answer unto
William Clark for the use of the Missouri Fur Company of a
plea of trespas[?] on the case to the Damage of the said
William
the sum of Three Hundred Dollars and have you then there
this writ
*Witness the honorable Silas Bent presiding [illegible]
Judge of our said Court at the town of
St Louis aforesaid this twenty fourth day
of July in the year of our Lord one
thousand Eight hundred and nine
the Independance of the United States
the thirty fourth [illegible] Thomas F. Riddick[?] Clk Take Bail for \$300.00 Thomas F . Riddick[?] Clk*
William Clark V. Nicholas Brazeau. 1808, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 2, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60535