County of St LouisCounty of St Louis
The State of
To the Sheriff of said County Greeting
We command you to summon William McCutchenWilliam McCutchen that he be
and appear
before the Judge of our circuit
Court at the next Term thereof to be held at the city
of St LouisSt Louis
within and for the County of St LouisCounty of St Louis on the Fourth
Monday in March
next then and there to answer unto Joseph
JeffersonJoseph Jefferson a free man of Color
who is permitted by the Court to sue as a
poor person of a plea of Trespass
to the
Damage of the said plaintiff of Eight hundred and Dollars and have you
then there this writ
WitnessArchibald GambleArchibald Gamble Clerk of our said Court
at office this Third day of February 1827
Archibald GambleArchibald Gamble Clerk


