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Letter, Caleb Atwater to Nauvoo Postmaster, 16 November 1842

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Caleb Atwater

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, Letter, Circleville, Pickaway Co., OH, to Postmaster [
Sidney Rigdon

19 Feb. 1793–14 July 1876. Tanner, farmer, minister. Born at St. Clair, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Son of William Rigdon and Nancy Gallaher. Joined United Baptists, ca. 1818. Preached at Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, and vicinity, 1819–1821. Married Phebe...

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Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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, Hancock Co., IL, 16 Nov. 1842; handwriting presumably of
Caleb Atwater

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; docket in handwriting of
William Clayton

17 July 1814–4 Dec. 1879. Bookkeeper, clerk. Born at Charnock Moss, Penwortham, Lancashire, England. Son of Thomas Clayton and Ann Critchley. Married Ruth Moon, 9 Oct. 1836, at Penwortham. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Heber...

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; three pages; private possession.

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As to my labor, my expenses all paid, I would take books for it, at their cost.
Should Lieutenant Genl Joseph Smith and the principal men of the Mormons see fit, to answer this letter, their communication might be addressed here, to
Your very humble servent
Caleb Atwater

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Postmaster

19 Feb. 1793–14 July 1876. Tanner, farmer, minister. Born at St. Clair, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Son of William Rigdon and Nancy Gallaher. Joined United Baptists, ca. 1818. Preached at Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, and vicinity, 1819–1821. Married Phebe...

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Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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P.S. You can answer this yourself, if You see proper to do so, and save postage. My copy right has 18 years to run yet, by an act of congress— that I would sell, too, for a reasonabl compensation— less than I was offered for it, 3 years since. [p. [3]]
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