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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.

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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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preceding the Legion parade, and any non commissioned officer, musician, or private, who shall neglect or refuse to appear on said days, shall be fined in the sum of one dollar for each Company or Battalion parade, and two dollars for each Cohort or Legion parade; and the commissioned officers neglecting or refusing to appear in their appropriate places on parade shall be fined in the following sums, to wit; the Lieutenant General, and the Major General, thirty dollars: Brevet Major Generals, and Brigadier Generals, twenty-five dollars; Colonels, fifteen dollars Lieutenant Colonels, and Majors, ten dollars; Captains, six dollars; Lieutenants, four dollars; and every commissioned officer, non-commissioned officer, musician or private, who shall neglect or refuse to uniform himself in full, after the lapse of eight months from the passage of this act, shall be fined in the same sums, in addition, for each days of parade— every commissioned officer, non-commissioned officer, or musician, who shall neglect or refuse to attend officer drills, shall be fined in half the sums aforesaid,— and any commissioned officer who shall neglect or refuse to attend their appropriate Courts Martial shall be fined in one half the sums aforesaid— and any commissioned officer neglecting, or refusing, to discharge any duty devolving upon him, shall in addition, be cashiered and disgraced, by [p. 24]
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