Letter, John Taylor and Others to Thomas Ford, 6 June 1843
Source Note
Committee of Vigilance (, , and ), Letter, , Hancock Co., IL, to , , Sangamon Co., IL, 6 June 1843. Version copied [between ca. 6 June and 30 July 1843] in Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, pp. 177–179; handwriting of ; CHL.
the executive officers of this would not be so suicidal as to inflict upon one of the most flourishing and rapidly increasing Cities in the embracing a population of 15 thousand and one which is at least adding as much to the strength and resources of the as any other. The Clerk of the County Commissioners Court has already refused to receive the Bonds at his office as being out of his jurisdiction deciding that the proper place to file them was at the Recorders Office of the City of , and the Secretary of State has refused to forward the Commissions because the Bonds were not filed there. Will your take this matter into serious consideration, and Act as to you shall seem just and equitable in the premises.