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Introduction to State of Illinois v. D. Brown and Edwards Complaint, 14 November 1842 [State of Illinois v. D. Brown and Edwards] Warrant, 14 November 1842 [State of Illinois v. D. Brown and Edwards] Subpoena, 15 November 1842 [State of Illinois v. D. Brown and Edwards] Minutes, 15 November 1842 [State of Illinois v. D. Brown and Edwards] Docket Entry, between 14 and circa 15 November 1842 [State of Illinois v. D. Brown and Edwards] Execution, 10 December 1842 [State of Illinois v. D. Brown and Edwards] Execution, 4 April 1843 [State of Illinois v. D. Brown and Edwards]

Minutes, 15 November 1842 [State of Illinois v. D. Brown and Edwards]

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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, 15 Nov. 1842, State of IL v. D. Brown and Edwards (Nauvoo, IL, Mayor’s Court 1842); handwriting of
James Sloan

28 Oct. 1792–24 Oct. 1886. City recorder, notary public, attorney, judge, farmer. Born in Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. Son of Alexander Sloan and Anne. Married Mary Magill. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ordained an elder, ...

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; two pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL.

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See Introduction to State of Illinois v. D. Brown and Edwards.

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Wm
<​Nathan​> Cheney

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+— In Spring last <​or Summer, assisted & got &​> hauled Logs for
Wm Niswanger

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, <​some 16 others 17 ft long​> & left them on the Bank of the
River

Principal U.S. river running southward from Itasca Lake, Minnesota, to Gulf of Mexico. Covered 3,160-mile course, 1839 (now about 2,350 miles). Drains about 1,100,000 square miles. Steamboat travel on Mississippi very important in 1830s and 1840s for shipping...

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.— was lately brought to Edward’s House & there saw 9 Logs which were 9 of the Logs belonging to
Niswanger

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knew them by marks, which he described, + knew some of the short ones as being the same Timber as the rest of the Raft, some of them he knew by being marked & being longer than the rest, were soft Wood,
By the Ct— there were some Logs at the
River

Principal U.S. river running southward from Itasca Lake, Minnesota, to Gulf of Mexico. Covered 3,160-mile course, 1839 (now about 2,350 miles). Drains about 1,100,000 square miles. Steamboat travel on Mississippi very important in 1830s and 1840s for shipping...

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on the Beach, & he believed <​that​> they were all hard Timber, or Some of them, he did not considerd them
Niswanger

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s, but they might have been his.—
Isaac R. Clark, does not know
Niswanger

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s Logs, saw Logs hauled, but don’t know who they belonged to.
Edmond [Edmund] Nelson

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.— Saw some Logs at Edward’s which were
Niswanger

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s, they were marked, & he helped to get them for him.
Thomas Kelsy.— hauled part of the Logs out of the
River

Principal U.S. river running southward from Itasca Lake, Minnesota, to Gulf of Mexico. Covered 3,160-mile course, 1839 (now about 2,350 miles). Drains about 1,100,000 square miles. Steamboat travel on Mississippi very important in 1830s and 1840s for shipping...

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, & knows some of them, that are now at Edwards
Saml P. Kelsey— hauled part of the Logs out of the
River

Principal U.S. river running southward from Itasca Lake, Minnesota, to Gulf of Mexico. Covered 3,160-mile course, 1839 (now about 2,350 miles). Drains about 1,100,000 square miles. Steamboat travel on Mississippi very important in 1830s and 1840s for shipping...

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, & believes part of them are
Niswanger

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s, & saw them at Edward’s.— [p. [1]]
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Minutes, 15 November 1842 [State of Illinois v. D. Brown and Edwards]
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