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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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1843 Dr
Sidney Rigdon
19 Feb. 1793–14 July 1876. Tanner, farmer, minister. Born at St. Clair, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. Son of William Rigdon and Nancy Gallaher. Joined United Baptists, ca. 1818. Preached at Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, and vicinity, 1819–1821. Married Phebe...
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1843 Cr

M[ar]ch 19 To order on Collect[o]r 1.75 Decr 26 By City order for Services Decr 16— 43
383
Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for Sidney Rigdon and William D. Huntington, ca. 21 Dec. 1843.
25.00

1844 Dr
[William] H. J. Marr
5 Feb. 1817–5 Sept. 1844. Lawyer. Born in Scarborough, Cumberland Co., Maine. Son of Robert P. Marr and Olive Plaisted. Graduated from Bowdoin College, 1839, in Brunswick, Cumberland Co. Graduated from Harvard Law School, 1842. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co...
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1844 Cr

Jany 1 To order on
Recorder
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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7.00 Jany 1st By City order
384
Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for Sylvester Emmons, 29 Sept. 1843.
11.00

[January] 9 [To order] to
J[ohn] F. Weld
11 Dec. 1809–28 July 1892. Physician, surgeon. Born in Berkshire, Franklin Co., Vermont. Son of Daniel Weld and Lydia Fuller. Moved to Cornish, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, by 1810. Moved to Sonora Township, Hancock Co., Illinois, 1827. Attended Dartmouth...
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385
Pay Order, William Marr to William Clayton for John F. Weld, 9 Jan. 1844.
1.00

Mch 26 [To order to
John F. Weld
11 Dec. 1809–28 July 1892. Physician, surgeon. Born in Berkshire, Franklin Co., Vermont. Son of Daniel Weld and Lydia Fuller. Moved to Cornish, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, by 1810. Moved to Sonora Township, Hancock Co., Illinois, 1827. Attended Dartmouth...
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1844
M[oses] M. Sanders
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Janr [January] 8 To order endorsed 13.00 Jany 8 By Mayors order 13.00

1844 Dr
Nauvoo Legion
A contingent of the Illinois state militia provided for in the Nauvoo city charter. The Nauvoo Legion was organized into two cohorts: one infantry and one cavalry. Each cohort could potentially comprise several thousand men and was overseen by a brigadier...
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1843 Contra Cr

Jany 11 To order to Grubb & Ritchie 4.31 Decr 9 By Mayors order
386
Pay Order to William Clayton for Stephen Markham and Charles C. Rich, 9 Dec. 1843.
60.00

[January] 22 [To order to]
E[dwin] D. Woolley
27 June 1807–14 Oct. 1881. Farmer, coal miner, cattleman, builder, merchant. Born in East Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania. Son of John Woolley and Rachel Dilworth. Raised in Quaker faith. Married Mary Wickersham, 24 Mar. 1831, in Columbiana Co...
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9.25

Mch 23 [To order] to
S[tephen] Markham
9 Feb. 1800–10 Mar. 1878. Carpenter, farmer, stock raiser. Born at Rush (later Avon), Ontario Co., New York. Son of David Markham and Dinah Merry. Moved to Mentor, Geauga Co., Ohio, 1809. Moved to Unionville, Geauga Co., 1810. Married Hannah Hogaboom, before...
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Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger
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178
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Footnotes
[383]
Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for Sidney Rigdon and William D. Huntington, ca. 21 Dec. 1843.
[384]
Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for Sylvester Emmons, 29 Sept. 1843.
[385]
Pay Order, William Marr to William Clayton for John F. Weld, 9 Jan. 1844.
[386]
Pay Order to William Clayton for Stephen Markham and Charles C. Rich, 9 Dec. 1843.