Note 1 — A HISTORY (continued 2)
Reading edition
The declaration in the case of Dred Scott vs. John F.A. Sandford was filed in the clerk's office of the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Missouri on the second day of November, 1853. The trespass complained of is alleged to have occurred on the first day of January, 1853.—Manuscript Records of the Supreme Court of the United States.