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Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844

26 November 1842 • Saturday Page 1 10 December 1842 • Saturday Page 1 14 January 1843 • Saturday Page 1 30 January 1843 • Monday Page 3 4 March 1843 • Saturday Page 10 11 March 1843 • Saturday Page 11 15 April 1843 • Saturday Page 12 12 May 1843 • Friday Page 14 31 May 1843 • Wednesday Page 16 1 June 1843 • Thursday Page 16 Minute Entry, Approval of Claim and Order • 7 June 1843 Page 18 10 June 1843 • Saturday Page 18 29 June 1843 • Thursday Page 19 12 August 1843 • Saturday Page 20 9 September 1843 • Saturday Page 20 18 September 1843 • Monday Page 21 14 October 1843 • Saturday Page 22 11 November 1843 • Saturday Page 22 8 December 1843 • Friday Page 23 12 December 1843 • Tuesday Page 24 16 December 1843 • Saturday Page 25 21 December 1843 • Thursday Page 27 29 December 1843 • Friday Page 30 3 January 1844 • Wednesday Page 32 5 January 1844 • Friday Page 36 10 January 1844 • Wednesday Page 40 13 January 1844 • Saturday Page 41 16 January 1844 • Tuesday Page 44 11 February 1843 • Saturday Page 6 25 February 1843 • Saturday Page 8

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Nauvoo City Council, Rough Minute Book, 26 Nov. 1842–16 Jan. 1844; handwriting of and ; forty-six pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, Feb.–Dec. 1841.
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I would suspect , does not believe he menti[on]ed name,— My opinion was founded on rumor. Bro said was in a bad situation, was kicking, and if he did not mind he would go over the board. if he had his property & was away he would feel better,— have heard it talked of that was not going to stand &c &c <​​> did not tell what he was kicking at, think he mentioned Spiritual wife system, &c. I understood a Brutus to mean a treacherous man.— did not believe in it <​the​> <​spiritual wife system,​> & did not believe in it.—
G. W. Crouse sworn.— does not recollect any conversation between W. Smith & , at his office.— relative to the case in question.— had discussion about the duties of policemen.
said it was custom[a]ry for policemen to go armed, in time of danger—
confirmed. ’s observation
C. spoke, told the story of that old Dutchman & the Divil
, sworn.— have heard received the impression from some source that & probably one or wto [two] others could not subscribe to all things in the church, and it might make trouble, don’t know of any ones being endanger no one told me the police had received any <​private​> instruction— could not tell of one <​who ever had mentioned the subject to him​>
spoke,— said he had no personal feeling against ,— some 2 or 3 years since he sueed [sued] & staid the suit,— &c was suspicious his <​s​> feelings might have risen from that source
C. spoke.—
spoke
spoke
spoke.— spoke.—
Mayor spoke. said no one had come to him with tales about <​to prejudice his mind against Him,​> was totally ignorant, of it,— if any thing had been revealed to him he had kept it to himself, I said <​to ​> if any man approach my house with arms or attempt to force open <​disturb my​> my house, I wanted him to take care of him. Never could bring his <​my​> feelings to take revenge on his <​my​> enemies, The council did not concoct the Idea of having a police. the several wards petitioned for it <​a​> police to protect them against, invasion— wanted citizens [p. 38]
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