Territory of MissouriMissouri,
County of St. LouisCounty of St Louis, sct.
The United StatesUnited States of AmericaAmerica,
To the Sheriff of St LouisSt Louis county...Greeting.
You are hereby commanded to summon Abraham Beck
HughHugh O
NeilJerJeremiah Connor ConnorJeremiah Connor PeterPeter
Halderman
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay they be and appear in proper person before the
Judge of our circuit court,on theforthwithday
of at the town of St. LouisSt Louis,
then and there to
testify and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending
in our said
court, wherein The United StatesUnited States
are plaintiffs
and James WattJames Watt
defendant on the
part of the Deft and
have you then and there this writ.
the town of St. LouisSt Louis, this 16th day of Augustin the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty
and of the Independence of the United StatesUnited States the forty fifth
A GambleArchibald Gamble
Clerk, St.L. C.C.