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Minutes, 13 August 1842, as Recorded in Nauvoo Legion Minute Book

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Nauvoo Legion Court-Martial, Minutes,
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, 13 Aug. 1842. Version copied [ca. 1844] in Nauvoo Legion Minute Book, pp. 22–29; handwriting of
Hosea Stout

18 Sept. 1810–2 Mar. 1889. Farmer, teacher, carpenter, sawmill operator, lawyer. Born near Pleasant Hill, Mercer Co., Kentucky. Son of Joseph Stout and Anna Smith. Moved to Union Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, 1819; to Wilmington, Clinton Co., fall 1824; to...

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; Nauvoo Legion Records, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note to Nauvoo Legion Minute Book, Feb. 1841–Oct. 1844.

Historical Introduction

See Historical Introduction to Letter from Wilson Law, 15 Aug. 1842.
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Minutes, 13 August 1842 Nauvoo Legion Minute Book, February 1841–October 1844 Minutes, 13 August 1842, as Recorded in Nauvoo Legion Minute Book Ordinance, 13 August 1842 Nauvoo Legion Minute Book, February 1841–October 1844

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Ordinance No. 3.
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the Court Martial of the Nauvoo Legion in General. Court assembled, that the discipline, drill, rules, regulations, and uniform of the
United States

North American constitutional republic. Constitution ratified, 17 Sept. 1787. Population in 1805 about 6,000,000; in 1830 about 13,000,000; and in 1844 about 20,000,000. Louisiana Purchase, 1803, doubled size of U.S. Consisted of seventeen states at time ...

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Army, so far as applicable, be and they hereby are adopted for the Legion; Provided, that each company may adopt its own uniform for the non commissioned officers and privates belonging to it, and that all questions of practibility be refered to a committee of five to be appointed by the Court Martial and that their decision shall be final: Provided, however, that an appeal may be had to the General Court Martial
Sec. 2. The Legion shall parade in the following manner in each year, to wit; Each company in the Legion shall hold a company parade on the Second Saturday; each Battalion, a Battalion parade on the third Saturday; and each Cohort, a Cohort parade on the fourth Saturday in April. A court of assessments of fines shall be held on the first Saturday, a court of appeals on the second Saturday, and a General Court Martial on the third Saturday in May; a company parade shall be held on the second Saturday; a Regimental parade on the third Saturday; a Legion parade on the fourth Saturday in September; and that the Band be required to parade upon each regimental and Cohort parades; a Court of assessment to be held on the first Saturday; a Court of appeals on the second Saturday, and a General Court Martial on the third Saturday in October; and Officer drill to be on the day preceeding the Cohort parade, and an Officer drill upon the day [p. 23]
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