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Ordinance, 14 December 1844–C, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor

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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, 14 Dec. 1844. Version published in “An ordinance to amend an ordinance, entitled, an ordinance to erect a dam in the Mississippi river and for other purposes, passed December 8th 1843,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 25 Dec. 1844, [3].
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Ordinance, 14 December 1844–C Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
Ordinance, 14 December 1844–C, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor

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An ordinance to amend an ordinance, entitled, an ordinance to erect a dam in the
Mississippi river

Principal U.S. river running southward from Itasca Lake, Minnesota, to Gulf of Mexico. Covered 3,160-mile course, 1839 (now about 2,350 miles). Drains about 1,100,000 square miles. Steamboat travel on Mississippi very important in 1830s and 1840s for shipping...

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and for other purposes, passed December 8th 1843.
Be it ordained 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 the successors of Joseph Smith mentioned in said ordinance are those who succeed him in the office of Trustee in Trust in the
church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints

The Book of Mormon related that when Christ set up his church in the Americas, “they which were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.” The first name used to denote the church JS organized on 6 April 1830 was “the Church of Christ...

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Passed December 14th, 1844.
DANIEL SPENCER

20 July 1794–8 Dec. 1868. Rancher, merchant. Born in West Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of Daniel Spencer and Chloe Wilson. Moved to Savannah, Chatham Co., Georgia, ca. 1816. Operated a mercantile business in Savannah. Returned to West Stockbridge...

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, Mayor.
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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