William Clark v. Joseph Manseau
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William Clark V. Joseph Manseau. 1808, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 2, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60537
- Case Title
- William Clark v. Joseph Manseau
- Series
- Lewis and Clark
- Fur Trade
- Plaintiff
- Clark, William
- Defendant
- Manseau, Joseph
- 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
- Trespass on the Case
- Case Notes
- Clark sued to use of Missouri Fur Company; note for $215.98; damages $400.
- Case Number
- 7
- Identifier
- ccr1809.01190.002
- Source
- Missouri State Archives - St. Louis
- Rights
- Public Domain
- PDF Download
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- Transcription
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**William Clark vs. Joseph Manseau**
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**Page 1** (1190_001.jpg)
> *Legal Function: Complaint*
District of Saint Louis [illegible]
William [illegible] Clark complains of [illegible] Joseph
[illegible] Manseau for this that the said [illegible] Joseph at the District
aforesaid on the thirteenth day of july in the year one
thousand eight hundred and nine by his certain promissory
note of that date, by him with his own proper mark or
signature then & [illegible] there subscribed, promised the plaintiff
as follows- On demand [illegible] I promise to pay Gen william
Clark, agent for the Missouri [illegible] Fur Company , on order the
[illegible] just and [illegible] full [illegible] Sum [illegible] of two hundred and fifteen Dollars
and ninety eight cents for value [illegible] received St Louis July
13, 1809- [illegible] /Signed/ [illegible] [illegible]
*Joseph his X mark Manseau
test Sam Salomon
P. Chouteau fil*
> *Legal Function: Complaint Part 2*
Yet the said Defendant though [illegible] often requested
hath even refused and [illegible] still doth refuse the same sum
of money to the plaintiff to pay to his Damage for
the use and [illegible] benefit [illegible] of the Missouri Fur Company
The sum of four Hundred Dollars
Wherefore he [illegible] sues
*Edward. Hempstead his atty*
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**Page 2** (1190_002.jpg)
> *Legal Function: Certificate of Execution*
Comitted Defendant to [illegible] jail for want
of Bail, and afterwards liberated him by order
of [illegible] W.M [illegible] Clark Agent for Missouri [illegible] Fur
Company .
*Jer. Connor Shf*
> *Legal Function: Request for Capias ad Respondendum*
William Clark
use of [illegible] Missouri Fur [illegible]
Joseph Manseau
[illegible]
[illegible] case
$\$400,00
This action is brought to
recover money due on note
of hand Let a Writ
of Capias ad Respondendum
issue damage $ \$400 00
in trespass on the case ac
cordingly
[illegible] fees to be paid by
Gen Clark, & Tax.
*Hempstead*
> *Legal Function: Capias ad Respondendum*
Territory of [illegible] Louisiana
District of Saint louis [illegible] Set The [illegible] United States of America to the sheriff of the
Districts of Saint Louis greeting
We command you to take Joseph [illegible] Manseau if he may be
found within your [illegible] bailiwick and him safely keep as that you may [illegible] have his
body before the judges of our court of common [illegible] pleas to be [illegible] holden at the town of
St. Louis in [illegible] & for the District of St. Louis on the first [illegible] Monday of november
next then there to answer unto William clark (for the use of the missouri
fur company) of a plea of [illegible] trespass on the care to the Damage of the said
William Clark the [illegible] sum of four hundred Dollars and have your their there
then there
*[illegible] Witness the honorable Silas [illegible] Bent [illegible] Esquire [illegible] 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 [illegible] & of [illegible] our [illegible] independence the thirty fourth Thos. F. Riddick Clk Take bail for \$400.00
[illegible] Thos. F. Riddick Clk [illegible] [illegible]*
William Clark V. Joseph Manseau. 1808, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 2, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60537