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Affidavit, 14 September 1844 [Moffet Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Ross]
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on behalf of the Estate of JS, Affidavit, before John S. Dunlap, [], Des Moines Co., Iowa Territory, 14 Sept. 1844, Moffet Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Ross (First Judicial District Court of Iowa Territory, Des Moines Co., 1846); unidentified handwriting; signature of ; certified by John S. Dunlap, 14 Sept. 1844; docket by John S. Dunlap, [, Des Moines Co., Iowa Territory, 14 Sept. 1844]; notation by unidentified scribe, 14 Sept. 1844; two pages; microfilm 1,684,000 at FHL.
The ’s declaration was inscribed below the affidavit, and continued onto the verso of the leaf. A praecipe was inscribed on the verso below the declaration. All three documents were enclosed in a wrapper on which a docket and filing notation were inscribed.
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| Iowa Territory.) | ss. [scilicet] |
| Des Moines County) |
Before me the Clerk of the District Court for said County, this 14th day of September A D 1844. Came , administrator of the Estate of Joseph Smith deceased, who being duly sworn on his oath says, that the Steam Boat “Maid of Iowa” is wrongfully detained by <Charles Ross—> and that he the said , as administrator as aforesaid, has good right to the present possession thereof— and that said boat was not taken from said by writ of , or in on any judgment against him, nor for the payment of any tax, fine, or assessment against said —
Sworn to and Subscribed, before me this 14th day of September 1844—
John S. Dunlap
Clerk
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Unidentified handwriting begins.
Insertion in unidentified handwriting.
Signature of Levi Moffet.
Unidentified handwriting ends; John S. Dunlap begins.