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Letter, Robert D. Foster to Nauvoo City Council, 8 July 1844

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Robert D. Foster

14 Mar. 1811–1 Feb. 1878. Justice of the peace, physician, land speculator. Born in Braunston, Northamptonshire, England. Son of John Foster and Jane Knibb. Married Sarah Phinney, 18 July 1837, at Medina Co., Ohio. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of ...

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, Letter,
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, to Nauvoo City Council,
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, 8 July 1844; handwriting probably of
Robert D. Foster

14 Mar. 1811–1 Feb. 1878. Justice of the peace, physician, land speculator. Born in Braunston, Northamptonshire, England. Son of John Foster and Jane Knibb. Married Sarah Phinney, 18 July 1837, at Medina Co., Ohio. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of ...

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; docket in handwriting of
Willard Richards

24 June 1804–11 Mar. 1854. Teacher, lecturer, doctor, clerk, printer, editor, postmaster. Born at Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Joseph Richards and Rhoda Howe. Moved to Richmond, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, 1813; to Chatham, Columbia Co...

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; five pages; JS Office Papers, CHL.

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taken for my personal safety and through you to those whom you have sent on this occasion as a guard for my protection—
Mr Kimball

31 May 1806–27 Apr. 1863. Merchant, iron foundry operator, mail carrier. Born in West Fairlee, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Phineas Kimball and Abigail. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, 1833, and established several stores. Married ...

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should be free from all Censure in bringing me here tis true I have his pledge for my safety he can state to you the circumstances and how I threw myself unnecessarrily into you power— for the purpose of preserving your feelings and allaying all excitement,— you may now do with me as you think best tis hard to be driven from all I have and in order to preserve my life to be under the necessity of leaving my affairs in their present unsaleable condition, all my business being in rather an unfinished state which if I could superintend myself could be all done with much less expense than by any agency in as much as I have paid much for the completion of the same that cannot be adjusted in my absence I have already experienced much loss on account of my absence which I cannot now detail; I should like to sell my property to responsible men if it is decreed that I cannot live here or exchange and take property for some part I am now nearly out of money and daily incurring heavy expense and am dependent upon my property for means of support— if you can send me cus [p. [2]]
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