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Ordinance, 11 March 1843, as Published in the Wasp

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Nauvoo City Council, Ordinance,
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, 11 Mar. 1843. Version published in “An Ordinance to Amend an Ordinance Regulating the Currency, passed March fourth A D 1843,” Wasp, 15 Mar. 1843, [2].
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Ordinance, 11 March 1843
Ordinance, 11 March 1843, as Published in the Wasp
Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845

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An Ordinance to amend an Ordinance regulating the currency, passed March fourth A D 1843.
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by the City Council of [the city of]
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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, that nothing in the ord[inance] regulating the currency shall be so construed as to prevent the receiving of City Scrip or Treasury Orders for taxes or city dues.
JOHN TAYLOR

1 Nov. 1808–25 July 1887. Preacher, editor, publisher, politician. Born at Milnthorpe, Westmoreland, England. Son of James Taylor and Agnes Taylor, members of Church of England. Around age sixteen, joined Methodist church and was local preacher. Migrated ...

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, Pres. pro. tem.
Passed March 11th 1843.
James Sloan

28 Oct. 1792–24 Oct. 1886. City recorder, notary public, attorney, judge, farmer. Born in Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. Son of Alexander Sloan and Anne. Married Mary Magill. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ordained an elder, ...

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    TEXT: “[hole in paper]dained”. Text here and on the next two lines supplied from the manuscript version of this ordinance.

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