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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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Willm. 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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[1843] 1843

M[ar]ch 1st. To city Scrip— 1.00 May 12 By Scrip paid
C[harles] C Rich
21 Aug. 1809–17 Nov. 1883. Schoolteacher, farmer, cooper. Born in Campbell Co., Kentucky. Son of Joseph Rich and Nancy O’Neal. Moved to Posey Township, Dearborn Co., Indiana, ca. 1810. Moved to Tazewell Co., Illinois, 1829. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ...
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2.00

Ap[ri]l 12th. [To] Cash in silver 10.00 1845

Aug 12 [To cash in silver] 1.00 Feby 20 [By] City Order Feb 10— 45
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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.
0.50

[August] 21 [To cash in silver] 1.00

Decr 19 [To cash in silver] 0.75

1844

Jany 16 [To] order on
Recorder
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3.70

[January] 29 [To order on
Recorder
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] 5.00

[January 29] [To order]
J[ohn] 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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0.83

[January] 31 [To order] on Collector 6.35

Feby 20 [To order on]
Recorder
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2.00

Mch 6th. [To order] on Collector 3.75

[March] 9 [To] Specie 4.00

[March] 21 [To] Order on Collector 2.00

Apl 15 [To order on collector]
337
Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Rodman Clark, 15 Apr. 1844.
2.00

[April] 17 <19> [To order on collector] 0.58

June 21 [To order]
J[onathan] 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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specie 4.50

[June] 26 [To] Cash 6.00

Decr. 16 [To] Order— 0.17½

[December 16] [To order] to Hovey 0.15

[December 16] [To] Cash 4.94

[December] 25 [To] Order on Collector 1.80

[December] 26 [To order on collector] 2.46

1845

Feby 18 [To order on collector] 1.79½

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Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger
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13704
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178
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William Clayton
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[336]
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.
[337]
Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Rodman Clark, 15 Apr. 1844.