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Les quelles parties N'ont pu donner aucunnes preuves de part ny dautre Et le billet ne faisant aucunne mention de ce fait parties ouyes et le tout Consideré Et Examiné La Cour a ordonné Et ordonne quil sera donne audt Charles laCroix un mois de Credy pour retirer ce qui luy Est dub des habitants Soit En argent ou danrees au prix du Cour. les quelles payement Seront Remis
1 The currency of the period consisted principally of what were called "peltry bons." They were notes, issued generally by the merchants, bearing on their face the inscription that they were good (bon) for so many pounds of shaved deer-skins. These were used in all the
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the authority of this said Court; and it grants them furthermore the right to name among them a commandant to maintain there good order and police, who shall be subordinated to the comman- dant of Cahokia and obey him and receive his orders, and who shall present himself before this said Court to take the oath of office and of fidelity before exercising any authority. Given at Cahokia the 2nd of January, 1786.
Labuxiere, Clerk
J. B. H. LaCroix, Pres.
At the same Court.
M. ISAAC LEVY, Plaintiff vs. CHARLES LACROIX, blacksmith, defendant.
The plaintiff produces a note for the sum of eight hundred livres in money due by the defendant and which has matured, and prays that the said defendant be condemned to pay to him the amount thereof.
Heard also the defendant, who acknowledged his said note, but says that it was agreed verbally with M. Levy, at the time that the latter made him these advances, to take some notes of the inhabitants in payment; and that this is his agreement, without which he would have taken nothing at M. Levy's.
M. Levy made rejoinder and said that there was no agreement of that kind and persisted that the defendant should be con- demned to pay him the said sum without delay, since he did not intend to take bons 1 of the inhabitants in payment.
The said Charles LaCroix maintained that the said M. Levy made a verbal agreement to take the said bons of the inhabitants and it was his convention.
Neither party has been able to give any proof and since the note makes no mention of this agreement, after the parties were heard and all considered and examined, the Court decreed and does decree that there shall be given Charles LaCroix a month's credit to procure from the inhabitants what is due him either in cash or commodities at the price current, which payments in the same kind shall be delivered to the said M. Levy, who shall not be
transactions of the inhabitants. The form of a bon was as follows: "Bon pour six livre de Barbue a St. Louis ce 25 7bre, 1799. Antoine Roy."-Address by Judge W. C. Carr at St. Louis, February 15, 1747.
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audt Sr Levy par ledt LaCroix En meme nature qui ne poura les refuser jusqua la Concurance de Son dub. si mieux naime ledt Sr Levy de sacommoder des Billets quil jugera a propos, ou avec les personnes qui les doivent Et condamnons le deffendeur aux frais que nous avons liquidez a quinze livres lesdt jour Et an.
pr Le grefe 10 pr lhuissier 5
J.B H LaCroix prsdt Labuxiere grefier
La Cour est ajournée au rer de fevrier mil sept cent quatre vingt six Et les Extraordinaire auront lieux.
a une Cour du quatorze fevrier mil Sept Cent quatre vingt Six.
Mrs Jean Bte LaCroix Presidant
fr. courier antoine girardin
Charles ducharme
Philipe angel
Bte Dubuque
JEAN Bte BARON demandeur contre LOUIS LAMBERT deffendeur et JOSEPH VAUDRY aussi defendeur
Le demandeur demande a la Cour quil luy soit payé la Somme de Soixante livres pour deux Communs quil a fait le printems dernier pour les dits deux deffendeurs par ordre de Mrs girar- din Et Dubuque magistrats aux Communs De la prairie de ce village les dits deffendeurs ayant refusé de la faire dans le tems fixe.
ouy les deffendeurs qui ont dit quils navoient point de terre a la prairie de ce village Et quils avoient fait leur commun a la prairie du pont que ces Communs apartenoient a des personnes du village qui nen avoient point fait.
Le demandeur a repliqué quil les avoit faites pour les defend- eurs par ordre de Mrs Dubuque Et girardin Et quil luy avoit promis de le faire payer, ouy Mrs Dubuque magistrats qui est Convenû du fait. Le tout consideré tout considere Nous con- damnons les dits Lambert et vaudry a payer Chacun la se3 de trente livres audt jean Bte Baron Et ce sans delais Et aux frais Et depens que nous avons liquidez a la Somme de vingt Cinq livres, dont dix livres pr lhuissier et quinze livres pour le grefier tant pr deux ordres que pour la presente sentence ce qui sera Execute lesdt jour Et an
1 Clerk's note in the margin.
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allowed to refuse them up to the equivalent of his due, unless the said M. Levy prefers to accept notes which he shall judge good or to make arrangements with the persons who owe them; and we condemn the defendant to the costs which we have fixed at fifteen livres the said day and year.
For the record office IO.
J. B. H. LaCroix, Pres.
For the huissier 5.1 Labuxiere, Clerk.
The Court adjourned to the Ist of February, 1786, and special sessions shall have place.
At a Court, February 14, 1786.
MM. Jean Bte. LaCroix, President. Charles DuCharme.
Fr. Courier. Phillippe Engel.
Antoine Girardin.
Bte. Dubuque.
JEAN BTE. BARON, Plaintiff vs. LOUIS LAMBERT, Defendant, and
JOSEPH VAUDRY, also Defendant.
The plaintiff prays the Court that there be paid him the sum of sixty livres for two fences on the common field2 which he made last spring for the said two defendants by order of MM. Girardin and Dubuque, magistrates for the fences of the meadows of this village, since the said defendants had refused to make it in the fixed time.
Heard the defendants who said that they had no land in the meadow of this village and that they had made their fence in the Prairie du Pont and that these fences in the common field belonged to some persons of the village who had not made them.
The plaintiff replied that he had made them for the defendants by order of MM. Dubuque and Girardin and that the former had promised him to make them pay. Heard M. Dubuque, mag- istrate, who has admitted the fact. All considered we condemn the said Lambert and Vaudry to pay each the sum3 of thirty livres to the said Jean Bte. Baron and that without delay and to pay the costs and charges, which we fix at the sum of twenty-five livres, of which ten livres are for the huissier and fifteen livres for the clerk,
2 This probably means the fence, but it might mean any other structure built by the community. The use of the feminine pronoun, however, would point to the idea of la cloture being in the clerk's mind.
3 A common abbreviation for somme,
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Sauf leur reur [sic] sur ceux quils disent navoir point fait de Commun tant pr les soixante livres que pr Les frais.
Labuxiere grefier J B H LaCroix pdt
La Cour est ajournée le deux de Mars mil sept cent quatre vingt Six.
Labuxiere grefier
J B H LaCroix pr sd
a la meme Cour du 14 fevrier 1786.
LA VEUVE BEAULIEU demanderesse contre ANTOINE GIRARDIN deffendeur
La demanderesse a produit une requete Portant ce qui Suit.
a Messieurs les magistrats et president tenant la Cour du dis- trict des Cahos.
Messieurs
Madame veuve Beaulieu a l'honneur de vous exposer que depuis lespace de vingt trois ans ou plus elle est proprietaire d'une Sucrerie a elle conceddée par Messieurs Les missionnaires dont elle En a tous les titres Et depuis quelques mois, Monsieur Girar- din Setant presenté a vôtre cour pour vous la demander de rechef 'vous luy avez accordé Sur la mauvaise information quil vous a faite. Et En ayant eu connoissance ainsy que plusieurs Citoyens de ce village En jugeant que Ceci ne pouvoit etre que prejudiciable, nous avons representé au Sieur girardin qu'il ne pouvoit nous oter, un bien qui nous apartenoit si legitimement et qu'il auroit grand tor dy faire travailler vû que cela ne pouvoit luy occasionner que de la perte, il nous a resisté En nous disant que nous etions trop ignorant pour juger de Ceci Et quil connoissoit mieux Lentendue de la Seigneurie qu'aucun habitant domicilié de ce village.
Le temps Etant venû pour travailler a nos sucrerie Nous nous y Sommes transportés Et avons trouvé le Sieur girardin, qui nous a fait deffences dy travailler Et meme de nous y presenter Et sil faloit En venir aux extremitez quil se Battroit Et resteroit plustost Sur la place et quil N'avoit aucune reserve a faire contre des coquins.
1 The seigniory of the mission
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both for the two orders and for the present judgment, for which there will be execution the said day and year, reserving to them recourse against those who, they say, have not made the fences, both for the sixty livres and for the costs.
Labuxiere, Clerk. J. B. H. LaCroix, Pres.
The Court adjourned [to] the second of March, 1786.
Labuxiere, Clerk.
J. B. H. LaCroix, Pres.
At the same Court, February 14, 1786.
The WIDOW BEAULIEU, Plaintiff vs. ANTOINE GIRARDIN.
Defendant.
The plaintiff produced a petition containing what follows:
To MM. the Magistrates and President holding the Court of the District of Cahokia.
Gentlemen:
Madame Beaulieu, widow, has the honour to show you that for the space of twenty-three years or more she has been pro- prietor of a sugar-farm conceded to her by MM. the Missionaries from whom she has all the title deeds therefor; and that some months ago when M. Girardin presented himself at your Court to demand it from you anew, you granted it to him upon the misinformation which he made to you; and that I and also several citizens of this village, having had knowledge of this and judging that this could be only prejudicial, we have shown M. Girar- din that he could not take away a property which belonged to us so legitimately and that it would be a great wrong to have work done upon it, seeing that it could only occasion him loss. He resisted us saying that we were too ignorant to judge of that and that he knew the extent of the seigniory 1 better than any inhabitant living in this village.
When the time to work on our sugar-farm came, we went thither and found M. Girardin, who forbade us to work or even to go there, and said that if it was necessary to come to extremities he would fight and would prefer to be killed on the spot, and that he had no reserve to make in dealing with rascals.
This report having been made to us we concluded to make our report to you; but M. Girardin, having recognized his fault as
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ce raport Nous ayant Eté fait Nous avons Conclud de vous en faire notre Rapport, mais Mr girardin ayant connû Sa Faute plus grande que de Contume est venû des le lendamain trouver Mr trotier pour Se Blanchir Et y ayant trouvé madame Baulieu ainsy que plusieurs Cytoyens qui luy exposerent leurs raisons, disant que lon N'etoit pas pour se detruire, que nous En passerions par la justice, a quoy il nous a dit quil ne vouloit pas être jugé par aucuns Citoyens de L'Endroit, vû quil vous manquoit deux Choses la Siance et la probité. Et nous ne pretendons pas avoir Etably une Cour pour la detruire et pour nous faire juger par aucun Etranger. Tous les habitans demanden qu'il Soit denanty de tout ce qui luy a Eté accordé a la prairie du pain de Sucre parce quil est dans le Cas de Nuire a tous les habitans, Nous esperons que vous nous rendrés la justice que nous atendons de vos Bontez aux Kaos le 7 fevrier 1786.
signé= veuve Baulieu= pierre martin une+=chatel une+ = pre. cabassier une+=ch Lefevre= +Lafleur=L trotier= J Bte millot= + Bte Baron= +lebrun = +jean marie dorion = + Berge- ron= +lagrave=desayes=h. B. i. biron= +gabriel Baron = Bte Saucier=fr. Lonval= pre Lafleur = Lonval pr Louis gau= francois Lapensé= +antoine Boyer= +groslé= +marque du compte= +j Lapensée= +clement alary=fr. granmont= M. Saucier= + gervais= + Butaud= +Louis pilet= +raphael gagnez=+gabriel telier=+vaudry= +peltier=+Bouvet=+joseph cecire= + Bte Dumay =fr. trotier= +charle la Croix= alexis+tabault+=chatel.
ouy le Sr girardin en Ses deffences qui a dit que la cour luy avoit accordé sa Concession sur le refus quavoit fait madame baulieu de representer Son titre a la Cour. quil avoit Exploite La terre dont est question pendant trois ans sans interuption de qui que ce soit Et y avoit fait des frais et depenses quil Croyoit que sa Concession devoit etre valable, Et a offert de remetre la- dite terre a la dame baulieu Et aux habitans en luy Remboursant les frais que lon luy a laissé faire suivant un memoire quil a pro- duit montant a 7921b En argent faute de quoy quil demandoit a Etre maintenu dans Sa concession.
1 A reference to the United States' court, for which the French were to wait until 1790. The Court makes a similar reference to the expected court below.
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greater than usual, came the next day to find M. Trottier to clear himself, and having found there Madame Beaulieu as well as sev- "eral other citizens who set forth to him their reasons saying that it was not a question of destroying oneself, that we would submit to justice; upon which he said to us that he was not willing to be judged by any of the citizen of this place, since you were lacking in two things, knowledge and probity. And we do not pretend to have established a Court to overthrow it and to have ourselves judged by any outsider.1 All the citizens pray that he may be deprived of all that which has been granted him in Sugar-Loaf Meadow, because he is in position to injure all the inhabitants. We hope you will render to us the justice which we expect from your benevolence. At Cahokia, February 7, 1786.
Signed Widow Beaulieu; Pierre Martin a +; Chatel a +; Pierre Cabassier a +; Ch Lefevre; + Lafleur; Louis Trottier; J. Bte. Milot; + Bte. Baron; + Lebrun; + Jean Marie Dorion; + Bergeron; + Lagrave; Deshayes; h. B. I. Biron; + Gabriel Baron; Bte. Saucier; Fr. Lonval; Pierre Lafleur; Lonval for Louis Gaud; François Lapancé; + Antoine Boyer; + Groslé; + mark of Lecomte; + J. Lapancé; + Clement Alarie; Fr. Grandmont; M. Saucier; + Gervais; + Buteau; + Louis Pillet; + Raphael Gagné; + Gabriel Tellier; + Vaudry; + Pelletier; + Bouvet; + Joseph Cesirre; + Bte. Dumay; Fr. Trottier; + Charles LaCroix; Alexis + Tabeau; + Chatel.
Heard M. Girardin in his defense and he said that the Court had granted him his concession on the refusal of Madame Beaulieu to exhibit her title-deed to the Court; that he had farmed the land in dispute during three years without interruption from anyone and had incurred costs and expenses thereon; and that he be- lieved that his concession should he held valid; and he offered to deliver the said land to Madame Beaulieu and to the inhabi- tants, if they reimbursed him for the expenses, which they permitted him to make, and which amounted to 792 livres in money according to a memorandum which he produced; in default of which he demanded that he be maintained in his concession.
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Le tout consideré la Cour a apointé ladite Requete de la dame Beaulieu ainsy quil suit.
Veû la requete presentée a la Cour et les raisons aleguées par toutes les parties Ensemble un titre du vicaire ou Curé des Cahos, par lequel il donne au Sr Beaulieu le Canton de Bois que ces predecesseurs Setoient reservez pour faire du Sucre daté du 19.9bre 1763. produit ce jourdhuy par la veuve Baulieu, Ensem- ble notre concession accordée au Sr girardin En datte du premier octobre 1783. La Cour ne pouvant decider Sur la validité de l'un ou de Lautre titre atendû que lorsque nous avons donné la- dite concession au Sr girardin, il a lui meme le jour precedant averty madame Baulieu de Nous representer Ses titres Si Elle En avoit, faute de quoy quil aloit demander Sa concession ce quelle a refusé coustament Et na voulû les produire a la Cour: vû ledt refus Nous avons Crû, devoir accorder ladite Concession audt Sr girardin dautant quil a Exploité ladite terre et fait des travaux pendant trois ans a la Connoissance de tous Les habitans des Cahos et de la dame beaulieu Sans opposition ny deffences des personnes cest en consequance que notre opinion netant pas de Casser aucunne des dites Concessions Nous renvoyons cette decizion au gouvernement que nous atendons qui Fera droit a qui il apartiendra donné aux Cahos la Cour Seante le quatorze fevrier mil sept cent quatre vingt Six Signé Sur la copie de la presente sentence Ecrite au bas de La requete Remise a la dame Beaulieu.
Dubuque= Philipe Engel=duCharme= une+pour marque de Courier tous quatres conseillers magistrats Et j Bte LaCroix presidant et moy grefier sousigné.
Labuxiere grefier.
J. B H LaCroix pr. Sidant
delivré I copie de la Sentence a la veuve Baulieu delivre I copie de la requete et Sentence au sr girardin.
1 Note in the margin by the clerk.
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All considered the Court referred the said petition of Madame Baulieu as follows:
In view of the petition presented to the Court and the pleadings by all parties, and also of a deed dated November 19, 1763, from the vicar or curé of Cahokia, by the terms of which he gave to M. Beaulieu the section of woods which his predecessors had reserved for making sugar, and which was exhibited this day by the widow Beaulieu; and also of our concession made to M. Girar- din, dated October 1, 1783: the Court not being able to decide on the validity of either deed, because, when we gave the said conces- sion to M. Girardin, he himself notified Madame Beaulieu on the preceding day to exhibit to us her deeds, if she had any, in default of which he said that he was going to ask for his concession, and she constantly refused and did not wish to produce the deeds in Court; considering the said refusal we believed that we ought to grant the said concession to the said M. Girardin, inasmuch as he had farmed the said land and had had work done on it for three years with the knowledge of all the inhabitants of Cahokia and of Madame Beaulieu without opposition or prohibition by anyone: therefore it is our opinion that, since we do not wish to annul either of the said concessions, we remit this decision to the gov- ernment which we are expecting, and which will render justice to whomsoever it belongs. Given at Cahokia at the session of the Court, the 14th of February, 1786; and signed on the copy of the present judgment which is written beneath the petition returned to Madame Beaulieu.
Dubuque; Philippe Engel; DuCharme; a + for the mark of Courier, all four councilors and magistrates and J. Bte. Lacroix. President, and I, Clerk signed below.
Labuxiere, Clerk.
J. B. H. LaCroix, President.
Delivered one copy of the judgment to the widow Beaulieu. Delivered one copy of the petition and judgment to M. Girardin.1
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a une Cour du 2 Mars 1786.
Mrs jean Bte LaCroix, presidant.
Philipe Engel fr Courier %
Charles ducharme Thom Bredy
j Bte Dubuque antoine girardin
accordé quatre concession aux cy aprés Nommés Savoir.
a jean Bte alary
a Charles Wood
a joseph Lambert
a joseph LaCouture
dont les originaux sont deposés au Rang des minutes du No- taria.
a la meme Cour delivré un ordre a jacob groot ameriquain pour se faire payer des habitans du grand Ruisseau.
La Cour est ajournée au pr davril prochain.
a la dite Cour Le Sr Girardin a presente une requete contre la dame baulieu En datte du 28 fer dernier tendant a la decizion de leur contestation pr la terre du pain de sucre. la Cour assem- blée a Confirmé Sa sentence du 14 fer dernier Et Renvoy lexposan a se pourvoir devant le gouvernement que nous atendons ainsy quil a Eté Cy devant decidé par notre dite Sentence du quatorze fevrier dernier La Cour tenante ledt jour deux mars 1786.
[Signed] B Dubq. Brady
Phillipe Engel DuCharme
de marque + fr Courier
J B H LaCroix presdt
a une Cour du trois avril mil sept Cent quatre vingt Six tenue par Mrs jean Bte LaCroix presdt Charles ducharme antoine girardin Philipe Engel jean Bte dubuque
Le Sr jean Bte LaCroix a rendu compte ce dit jour devant la Cour de la sucession de Michel Godiniere En presence de Louis
1 The decision was not final. On March 31, Girardin petitioned the Conrt again, and his concession was sustained .- Chi. Hist. Soc., Cah. Rec.
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At a Court, March 2, 1786.
MM. Jean Bte LaCroix, President.
Charles DuCharme.
Antoine Girardin. Thom. Brady,
Fr. Courier. J. Bte Dubuque,
Philippe Engel ..
Granted four concessions to the hereinafter named, to wit: to Jean Bte. Alarie.
to Charles Wood
to Joseph Lambert.
to Joseph Lacouture.
The originals of these are deposited in the files of the minutes of the notary's office.
At the same Court: delivered an order to Jacob Groot, Ameri- can, to compell payment by some inhabitants of Grand Ruisseau. The Court adjourned to the first of April next.
At the said Court M. Girardin presented a petition against Madame Beaulieu, dated the 28th of February last, pleading for the decision of their litigation over the land of the Sugar-Loaf. The Court in assembly confirmed its judgment of the 14th of February last and dismissed the petitioner to sue before the government which we are expecting, as has been herebefore decided by our said judgment of the 14th of February last.1 In the session of the Court the said second of March, 1786. -
[Signed] B. Dubuque Brady Mark of
Philippe Engel DuCharme
+ Fr. Courier
J. B. H. Lacroix, Pres.
At a Court, April 3, 1786, held by
MM. Jean Bte. Lacroix, President. Charles Ducharme. Antoine Girardin.
Philippe Engel. Jean Bte. Dubuque.
M. Jean Bte. Lacroix, this said day, rendered before the Court account of the estate of Michel Godiniere in the presence of Louis Chatel according to the receipt which the
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Chatel suivant la quittance que ledt Chatel en a donné ce susdit jour audt s' LaCroix.
a La meme jour a Eté accordé au st jean dumoulin une saisie privilegieré sur toutes les pelterie et autres Effets Et maison provenants du produit des marchandises quil a avance a deffunt Bte Leduc. ladite saisie adressée au Sr Mailhet commandt dans la riviere des ilinois.
a La meme cour jacob groot habitant ameriquain a presenté un billet contre jean solivan par lequel il reclame trente minot de mahis ou quil ait a luy payer le prix quil vaut aujourdhuy.
oui ledt solivan qui a reconnû devoir les trente minot de mahis mais quil etoit hor detat de pouvoir les livrer quant a present.
Le tout considere a decidé que Ledit solivant payera audt groot dans le Cour doctobre prochain Le mahis a raison de Sept livres dix sols les minot En Egard au temps present de sa valeur actuelle montant a la somme de deux cent vingt Cinq livres Et que le payement sera fait soit En argent, Lard, farine ou mahis ou bled froment au Cour du prix du mois doctobre Et non En dautre danrées de laquelle somme a faute de payement dans ledt temps les effets dudt solivant seront vendus Et condamnons ledt debiteur aux depens.
J B H LaCroix pr. Sdt
La Cour est ajourné au premier de May 1786. J B H LaCroix p. S.
1 Jean Dumoulin was a native of Switzerland. According to Reynolds (Pioneer History, 173), he was a man of good education and gentlemanly bearing. He must have settled at Cahokia about this time, although his name does not appear as a resident in the census of 1787. See post p. 624. In 1790 he was appointed a justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and from that time on he held many important positions. Like many others, he became wealthy by pur- chasing from the French their claim's to land granted by Congress in various acts to the inhabi- tants of Illinois. Since the United States was dilatory in settling these claims, the poorer Frenchmen were compelled to part with their rights for a song. Dumoulin died in 1808. -Smith, St. Clair Papers, ii., 165.
2 It is difficult to say anything about this man, since so much that is inconsistent and false has been written. In the Record, his name is written Mailhet; Reynolds calls him Paulette Maillet; in Amer. State Papers, Public Lands, his name is given as Jean Bte. Maillet; and Tassé is sure that his name was Jean Bte. Mallet. This last must be wrong, since Colonel Sargent, secretary of Governor St. Clair, writes it J. Bte. Mayet, evidently a phonetic spelling. -Smith St. Clair Papers, 167. The following is possibly true. About 1778 he settled without authorization on the site of the present city of Peoria and soon became the prominent
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said Chatel gave therefor to the said M. LaCroix this day aforesaid.
On the same day was granted to M. Jean Dumoulin1 a writ of privileged seizure of all the peltries, other effects and house, accruing from the proceeds of the merchandise, which he ad- vanced to the deceased Bte. Leduc. The said writ of seizure was addressed to M. Mailhet, commandant on the Illinois river.2
At the same Court Jacob Groot, American inhabitant, pre- sented a note against John Sullivan by which he claims either thirty minots of corn or that he be paid the price that it is worth to-day.
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