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Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger

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Nauvoo City Treasury, Ledger,
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, 4 Jan. 1842–Mar. 1845 handwriting of
William Clayton

17 July 1814–4 Dec. 1879. Bookkeeper, clerk. Born at Charnock Moss, Penwortham, Lancashire, England. Son of Thomas Clayton and Ann Critchley. Married Ruth Moon, 9 Oct. 1836, at Penwortham. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Heber...

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Willard Richards

24 June 1804–11 Mar. 1854. Teacher, lecturer, doctor, clerk, printer, editor, postmaster. Born at Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Joseph Richards and Rhoda Howe. Moved to Richmond, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, 1813; to Chatham, Columbia Co...

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Thomas Bullock

23 Dec. 1816–10 Feb. 1885. Farmer, excise officer, secretary, clerk. Born in Leek, Staffordshire, England. Son of Thomas Bullock and Mary Hall. Married Henrietta Rushton, 25 June 1838. Moved to Ardee, Co. Louth, Ireland, Nov. 1839; to Isle of Anglesey, Aug...

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John S. Fullmer

21 July 1807–8 Oct. 1883. Farmer, newsman, postmaster, teacher, merchant. Born at Huntington, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Peter Fullmer and Susannah Zerfass. Moved to Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee, spring 1832. Married Mary Ann Price, 24 May 1837...

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; 178 numbered pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL. Includes archival markings.
Note this record book was edited according to the style for financial records in the Joseph Smith Papers. See Editorial Method for Financial Records.

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1844 [Dr]
Willard Richards

24 June 1804–11 Mar. 1854. Teacher, lecturer, doctor, clerk, printer, editor, postmaster. Born at Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Joseph Richards and Rhoda Howe. Moved to Richmond, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, 1813; to Chatham, Columbia Co...

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1844 Cr
Feby 16 To order on Collector 2.77 Feby 16 By City Order this date
504

Pay Order to William Clayton for Willard Richards, 16 Feb. 1844.


50.00
M[ar]ch 20 [To] am[oun]t. cred[ited]
P[eter] Shirts

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7.00 1845
Ap[ri]l 24 [To] order on Collector 1.00 Feby 19 [By city order this date]
505

Pay Order, Daniel Spencer to William Clayton for Willard Richards, 10 Aug. 1844.


50.00
May 16 [To order on collector] 1.15 [February] 20 [By city order] Feby 10 1845
506

Pay Order, Daniel Spencer and Willard Richards to William Clayton for Orson Pratt and Others, 10 Feb. 1845; see also Pay Order, Daniel Spencer and Willard Richards to William Clayton for Orson Pratt and Others, 10 Feb. 1845, Draft.


143.73
[May 16] [To order on collector] 3.83 [February 20] [By] Treasurer Order to
[Jonathan H.]Hale

1 Feb. 1800–4 Sept. 1846. Butcher, school director, assessor. Born in Bradford, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Soloman Hale and Martha Harriman. Married Olive Boynton, 5 Sept. 1825, in Bradford. Moved to Dover, Strafford Co., New Hampshire, between June...

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507

Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for Jonathan H. Hale, 1 Feb. 1845.


1.08
[May] 22 [To] 6 [orders on collector] 6.50
[May] 23 [To order on collector]
508

See Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Willard Richards, 24 May 1844.


3.00
[May 23] [To] 2 [orders on collector] 2.00
June 10 [To] order [on]
[Joseph W.] Coolidge

31 May 1814–13 Jan. 1871. Carpenter, miller, merchant. Born in Bangor, Hancock Co., Maine. Son of John Kittridge Coolidge and Rebecca Stone Wellington. Moved to Cincinnati, by 1817. Moved to area of Mackinaw, Tazewell Co., Illinois, 1834. Married Elizabeth...

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509

Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for Joseph W. Coolidge, 10 June 1844.


0.75
Mch 20 [To order on]
J. P. Green [John P. Greene]

3 Sept. 1793–10 Sept. 1844. Farmer, shoemaker, printer, publisher. Born at Herkimer, Herkimer Co., New York. Son of John Coddington Greene and Anna Chapman. Married first Rhoda Young, 11 Feb. 1813. Moved to Aurelius, Cayuga Co., New York, 1814; to Brownsville...

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0.82½
Decr. 19 [To order on]
E[dward] Martin

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3.00
1845
Jany 22 [To] 3 [orders on] (
Martin

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510

See Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Willard Richards, 22 Jan. 1845.


2.00
[January] 30 [To] your order of Jany 29. 44 10.36
[January 30] [To your order of] Decr. 28 [1844] 16.85
Feby 13 [To your order] to
James Allred

22 Jan. 1784–10 Jan. 1876. Farmer. Born in Randolph Co., North Carolina. Son of William Allred and Elizabeth Thrasher. Married Elizabeth Warren. Moved to Missouri, before Sept. 1832. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by George M. Hinkle...

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511

Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for Supervisor of Streets, 8 Feb. 1845.


3.00
[February] 14 [To] paid your order to
[Richard] Clark

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512

Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for Richard Clark, 6 Jan. 1845; Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Hyrum Smith and Others, 14 Feb. 1845.


0.38
Mch 1 [To] Order on Collector
513

Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Willard Richards, 1 Mar. 1845.


50.00
[March 1] [To order on collector] 4.55
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Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger
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178
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Footnotes

  1. [504]

    Pay Order to William Clayton for Willard Richards, 16 Feb. 1844.

  2. [505]

    Pay Order, Daniel Spencer to William Clayton for Willard Richards, 10 Aug. 1844.

  3. [506]

    Pay Order, Daniel Spencer and Willard Richards to William Clayton for Orson Pratt and Others, 10 Feb. 1845; see also Pay Order, Daniel Spencer and Willard Richards to William Clayton for Orson Pratt and Others, 10 Feb. 1845, Draft.

  4. [507]

    Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for Jonathan H. Hale, 1 Feb. 1845.

  5. [508]

    See Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Willard Richards, 24 May 1844.

  6. [509]

    Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for Joseph W. Coolidge, 10 June 1844.

  7. [510]

    See Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Willard Richards, 22 Jan. 1845.

  8. [511]

    Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for Supervisor of Streets, 8 Feb. 1845.

  9. [512]

    Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for Richard Clark, 6 Jan. 1845; Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Hyrum Smith and Others, 14 Feb. 1845.

  10. [513]

    Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Willard Richards, 1 Mar. 1845.

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