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Nauvoo City Treasury, Ledger, , Hancock Co., IL, 4 Jan. 1842–Mar. 1845 handwriting of , , , and ; 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.
1842 City Treasury Dr. 1842 Contra Cr
Decr. 24th. To this amount Brot [brought] from folio 2 69.00 Decr. 26 By p[ai]d order for to L Robinson [Lewis Robison] on file 0.50
1843
[December] 26th. To city Scrip sundry numbers p[e]r Lewis Robinson [Robison] 37.00 Jany 16th. By paid Joseph Smith the Mayor Cash— 55 41.06
[December 26] [To] s order [blank] pr [Lewis Robison] 0.50 [January] 31st. [By] paid City Scrip sundry numbers 72 19.00
[December 26] [To] Cash in paper $39.— Silver $4.06. pr [Lewis Robison] 43.06 Feby 20th. [By] Scrip (endorsed) destroyed by the Mayor 23.00
1843
Jany 30th. To Executions against Tener’s [Albert and Henry Tanner] & [Albert] Clements by <​with int[erest]​> 26.94 [February 20] [By Scrip] paid to as pr order 73 13.00
Feby 7th. [To executions] against by Scrip 10.00 [February] 22nd. [By Scrip] &c paid to as pr order 52 37.94
Ap[ri]l 12 [To] Silver paid by for Taxes collected 5.20 [February] 24th. [By Scrip] paid to as pr order 47 10.00
13 [To] Gold & Silver by for [Taxes collected] 17.00 March 1st. [By Scrip] paid to as pr order— 73 12.00
[April 13] [To] City Scrip sundry No’s [numbers] by [] for [Taxes collected] 15.00 March 2nd. [By Scrip] paid to as pr order 63 18.00
May 9 [To] City Scrip sundry Nos [numbers] by [] for [Taxes collected] 30.00 [March] 4th. [By Scrip] paid to as pr order 75 11.00
[May 9] [To] City Recorders receipt for moneys by dated April 20— 1843 8.00 [March 4] [By Scrip] paid to 73 1.00
Apl 12 [By] Cash in Silver paid 58 10.00
[May 9] [To] City Treasurers order on given to E[benezer] Robinson & endorsed dated May 6 43 11.55 [April 12] [By cash in silver paid] Joseph Smith 55 1.50
[April 12] [By cash in silver paid] — 73 10.00
[May 9] [To] Silver by 0.45 [April] 27 [By] Scrip burned by the Mayor— 15.00
[May 9] [To] Cash for Licence to R. P. Vickers for exhibition 1.00 May 6 [By] order given to on Collector 59 11.55
June 15th. [To] duty on sales of Furniture &c. by Auctioneer as per Bill on file amounting to $359.00 at 1 per cent 3.59 [May] 8 [By] 2 orders given to on Collectors 77 6.17½
[May] 9 [By] Cash to as per his receipt 51 8.00
July 5th. [To] city Scrip sundry no’s by 10.00 [May] 12 [By] order to on 77 2.32
[July] 13th. [To] Cash in specie by 9.00 [May 12] [By] Specie paid to Joseph Smith Mayor 55 0.67½
[July] 21 [To cash in specie by] 6.00 [May 12] [By] Scrip sundry nos [numbers] destroyed by Mayor 30.00
[July 21] [To cash in specie by] 9.00 June 1 [By] 2 orders on Collectors to 87 32.00
[July 21] [To cash in specie by] 2.22½ [June] 6 [By] order on [collectors] to 63 5.00
[July 21] [To] Specie on judgement against Magraw [William McGraw] & [James] White 4.50 [June 6] [By] paid Licence fee— R. P. Vickers 51 1.00
[July 21] [To specie] on [judgment] paid by Easton & Whitney 5.25 [June] 13 [By] order on to E. Robinson 59 3.64
334.26½ <​324.26½​> [June] 15th. [By] duty on sales of Furniture &c pd C[harles] Warner 93 3.59
July 5th. [By] city scrip sundry no’s paid to 95 9.50
[July] 13rd. [By] Specie paid City Recorder 51 9.00
[July] 21 [By specie paid city recorder] 51 6.00
[July 21] [By specie paid city recorder] 51 9.00
[July 21] [By specie paid city recorder] 51 2.22½
[July 21] [By specie paid ] judgement 51 4.50
[July 21] [By specie paid judgment] 51 5.25
372.42½
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Editorial Title
Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger
ID #
13704
Total Pages
178
Print Volume Location
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  • William Clayton

Footnotes

  1. [16]

    Pay Order, James Sloan to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Gustavus Hills, 30 Jan. 1843.

  2. [17]

    Pay Order, James Sloan to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Heirs of Vinson Knight, 20 Feb. 1843.

  3. [18]

    Pay Order, James Sloan to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Alanson Ripley, 30 Jan. 1843.

  4. [19]

    Page 77 notes two orders dated 8 May 1843, one for $3.70 and the other for $2.47½, which adds to $6.17½, the amount listed in this entry. Only the order for $3.70 is extant. (Pay Order, William Clayton to Jonathan H. Hale for Brigham Young, 8 May 1843; see also Pay Order, James Sloan to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Brigham Young, 15 Apr. 1843.

  5. [20]

    See Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Daniel H. Wells, ca. 1 June 1843–A, and Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Daniel H. Wells, ca. 1 June 1843–B.

  6. [21]

    See Pay Order, William Clayton to Jonathan H. Hale for James Allred, 6 June 1843.

  7. [22]

    See Pay Order, James Sloan to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Samuel Smith, 12 May 1843.

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