Alexander ScottAlexander Scott & William K RuleWilliam K Rule heretofore partners
under the name and style of Scott & Rule Plaintiffs state that they hold a
note on the defendant Charles BentCharles Bent in Substance as followeth

For 500 Dolls

St LouisSt LouisJuly 7th 1831

On or before the fifteenth day of November Eighteen hundred & thirty three I promise to pay the order of Scott & Rule five hundred dollars with
inteest at the rate of ten per cent per annum from the 8th day of maylast
till paid, without defaleation for value recd

Chas BentChas Bent

Yet the said debt remains unpaid wherefore the plaintiffs pray
Judgment for their debt & damages for detention of the same together
with costs