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Motion, 5 March 1842–C

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JS, Motion, 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], 5 Mar. 1842; handwriting of JS; one page; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL. Includes endorsement and docket.
Single leaf measuring 1½ × 7⅝ inches (4 × 19 cm). The motion was inscribed on one side of a slip of paper that was apparently hand cut from a larger sheet. The verso is blank. JS inscribed the text in blue ink.
The document bears an endorsement in the 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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as well as a docket in the lower left corner of the recto probably also in the handwriting of Sloan, who served as
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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city recorder from 1841 to 1843.
1

“Officers of the City of Nauvoo,” Times and Seasons, 15 Dec. 1841, 3:638; “Municipal Court of the City of Nauvoo,” Times and Seasons, 1 July 1843, 4:244.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.

The motion was presumably kept among Nauvoo city records. In 1845 the city of Nauvoo was disincorporated.
2

“An Act to Repeal the Nauvoo Charter,” 14th General Assembly, 1844–1845, Senate Bill no. 35 (House Bill no. 42), Illinois General Assembly, Enrolled Acts of the General Assembly, 1818–2012, Illinois State Archives, Springfield.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Illinois General Assembly. Enrolled Acts of the General Assembly, 1818–2012. Illinois State Archives, Springfield.

Many if not most of the city records were listed in an inventory that was produced by the Church Historian’s Office (now CHL) in 1846, when they were packed up with church records that were taken to the Salt Lake Valley.
3

“Schedule of Church Records. Nauvoo 1846,” [1], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.

Subsequent inventories of church records in Salt Lake City indicate continuous institutional custody.
4

“Inventory. Historian’s Office. 4th April 1855,” [1]–[2]; “Index of Records and Journals in the Historian’s Office 1878,” [11]; “Index to Papers in the Historians Office,” [ca. 1904], 7, Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.

Footnotes

  1. [1]

    “Officers of the City of Nauvoo,” Times and Seasons, 15 Dec. 1841, 3:638; “Municipal Court of the City of Nauvoo,” Times and Seasons, 1 July 1843, 4:244.

    Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.

  2. [2]

    “An Act to Repeal the Nauvoo Charter,” 14th General Assembly, 1844–1845, Senate Bill no. 35 (House Bill no. 42), Illinois General Assembly, Enrolled Acts of the General Assembly, 1818–2012, Illinois State Archives, Springfield.

    Illinois General Assembly. Enrolled Acts of the General Assembly, 1818–2012. Illinois State Archives, Springfield.

  3. [3]

    “Schedule of Church Records. Nauvoo 1846,” [1], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.

    Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.

  4. [4]

    “Inventory. Historian’s Office. 4th April 1855,” [1]–[2]; “Index of Records and Journals in the Historian’s Office 1878,” [11]; “Index to Papers in the Historians Office,” [ca. 1904], 7, Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.

    Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.

Historical Introduction

On 5 March 1842 JS, acting in the capacity of vice mayor of
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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, Illinois, proposed a motion to the Nauvoo City Council regarding petitions by residents of the city. The motion was one of at least three JS drafted in his own hand and submitted to the council on this date.
1

See Motions, 5 Mar. 1842–A and B.


JS’s initial draft of the motion stated that all citizens’ petitions to the city council would be passed, provided that those opposing the petition did not outnumber its signers. When the motion was recorded in the city council’s minute books, a significant stipulation was added to the text specifying that the proposed resolution would apply only to petitions for opening new streets in the city. The city council passed the amended motion as a resolution, after which recorder
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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inscribed the resolution in the city council proceedings volume.
2

Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, 5 Mar. 1842, 18; Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 5 Mar. 1842, 66.


The original motion is featured here.

Footnotes

  1. [1]

    See Motions, 5 Mar. 1842–A and B.

  2. [2]

    Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, 5 Mar. 1842, 18; Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 5 Mar. 1842, 66.

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I move that it be the rule of this council to grant all pititons from the citizens <​of this
city

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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​> at the expence of said petitoners there <​if​> there is no
remonstrance

A petition asking a court not to perform a contemplated action.

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aga[i]nst the same by more than equal names
<Carried Mar 5 42.
Entd>

Endorsement inserted in left margin in handwriting of James Sloan.


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Editorial Title
Motion, 5 March 1842–C
ID #
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Total Pages
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Print Volume Location
JSP, D9:220–222
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    Endorsement inserted in left margin in handwriting of James Sloan.

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