John P. Cornegys v. Nathanial Pryor
Item
John P. Cornegys V. Nathanial Pryor. 1805, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 3, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60555
- Case Title
- John P. Cornegys v. Nathanial Pryor
- Series
- Lewis and Clark
- Plaintiff
- Cornegys, John P.
- Defendant
- Pryor, Nathaniel
- Date Filed
- 1805-03-05
- Filing Date
- 1805-03-05
- Defendant’s Attorney
- Hempstead, Edward
- Court Name
- St. Louis County Court
- Court Term
- 1805-03
- Judge
- Gamble, Hamilton Rowan
- Ryland, John Ferguson
- Scott, William
- Case Notes
- Plaintiffs doing business as Comegys & Company; Pryor owed firm of John G. Comegys & Company $100 for signed notes and account for various cloth and sewing items; documents refer to "Lieut Nathaniel Pryor."
- Case Number
- 67
- Identifier
- ccr1812.00481.009
- Source
- Missouri State Archives - St. Louis
- Rights
- Public Domain
- PDF Download
- Download PDF of all images
- Transcription
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**John P. Comegys v. Nathanial Pryor**
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> *Legal Function: Certificate of Filing*
No 67
St. Louis Common Pleas
July Term 1812
John P. Comegys
v.
Nathaniel Pryor
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> *Legal Function: Certification*
Territory of Louisiana
District of St Louis sct.
This is to certify that License
by the laws
Thomas Richard
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> *Legal Function: Bill of Costs*
Note: table columns represent Date, Item, Unit Cost, and Total Cost
Lieut Nathaniel Pryor
To Falconer & Comegys [Dr?]
| | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1810 Jany 23 | To Cornelius Burns for this amount his account against you| | 5.62½ |
| 1809 Nov 1 | To 7/8 yd Blue Cloth | $10.20 | 1.25 |
| " | To 3/4 " Purple Velvet | 5.00 | 3.75 |
| " | To 3/4 " Drab Cloth | 4.50 | 1.12½ |
| " | To 1 3/4 " Brown Holland | 1.00 | 1.75 |
| " | To 3 Skeins Silk | 12½ | .37½ |
| 1810 | To Thread | 12½ | .12½ |
| " | To Buttons | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| March 16 | To 1 3/8 yds Blue Cloth | 10.00 | 13.75 |
| | | | 28.75 |
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Lieut Nath'l Pryor[?]
In account with
Falconer & Comegys
$ 28.75
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> *Legal Function: Answer*
Nathanial Prior
ads
Falconer & Comegys
The Defendant
by R. Wash his
Attorney Pleads-
payment, release, accord satisfaction
R. Wash for
Deft
plea hearing
E . Hempstead
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N. Pryor
adv.
Falconer & Comegys
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> *Legal Function: Bonding Agreement*
\$100 St Louis July 12 1810
One month after date I promise to
pay to J G Comegys on order the sum
of One hundred Dollars cash for [illegible]
received this twelfth of July One Thousand Eight
hundred and ten witness my hand & seal
Nath'l Pryor [seal]
John Cooke
Josh'a Falconer
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[illegible]. \$100
M. Pryor
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> *Legal Function: Bond Agreement*
Know all men by these presents, That we *Nathaniel
Pryor and Antoine E Reilhe* are held and firmly
bound unto Alexander McNair, sheriff of the District of St. Louis , his assigns or successor in
office, in the sum of *two hundred dollars* currency of the United States , to which payment well and truely to be made, we bind ourselves and each of us by himself, our and each of our heirs, executors, administrators and assigns,
firmly by these prefents. Sealed with our seals and dated this *seventeenth* day of
*June* in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and *twelve*
The condition of the above obligation is such, That if the a
bove bound *Nathanial Pryor*
shall appear at the *next court of common pleas* to be held at the
town of St. Louis , on the *first Monday in July*
next to answer unto *John G Comegys* &c —
in a plea of *debt*
to *his* damages it is said *two hundred
dollars* and if judgment be given against him
at that or any subsequent term of said court, that the said *Nathaniel Pryor*
will pay the *damages* aforesaid and
costs, or the amount of the condemnation of the Court, or surrender himself in execution there-
of, or that the said *Antoine E Reilhe*
will do it for him: then the above obligation to be void, else, to remain in full force and vir-
tue in law.
Signed sealed and delivered
in the presence of
Nath'l Pryor [seal]
A.E. Reilhe [seal]
John P. Cornegys V. Nathanial Pryor. 1805, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 3, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60555