CharlesCharles Sanguinette SanguinetteCharles Sanguinette Complains of
EdwardEdward Hempstead HempsteadEdward Hempstead administrator of all singular the
goods chattels nights, and credits of MeriwetherMeriwether Lewis LewisMeriwether Lewis
in a that he to him the sum of One
hundred & Seventy Five Dollars. Lawful money of the UnitedUnited States
StatesUnited States which the said LewisLewis to him in his life time farther where as the said LewisLewis at the Town of
District ofDistrict of Saint Louis Saint LouisDistrict of Saint Louis- on the Twenty fourth day of
August in the Year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and nine, by one certainObligatory-sealed with the seal or several of the said LewisLewis of by
him signed- the date whereof is the same of year last
, where by he acknowledges to owe the plaintiff
the sum of One hundred Seventy five dollars, payable
the first day of October then next for value received.

the said LewisLewis in his life time nor the said
administrator since his decease have not paid the
said sum of money to the plaintiff though after requested
to his Damage Two Hundred Dollars - Wherefor he sees.