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Ordinance, 3 February 1841–A, as Published in Times and Seasons

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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, 3 Feb. 1841. Version published in “An Ordinance Organizing the ‘Nauvoo Legion,’” Times and Seasons, 15 Feb. 1841, 2:321–322.
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Ordinance, 3 February 1841–A Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
Ordinance, 3 February 1841–A, as Published in T imes and Seasons
Ordinance, 3 February 1841–A, as Recorded in Nauvoo Legion Minute Book History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842] “History of Joseph Smith”

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An Ordinance organizing the “
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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Sec. 1. 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 inhabitants 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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, and such citizens of
Hancock county

Formed from Pike Co., 1825. Described in 1837 as predominantly prairie and “deficient in timber.” Early settlers came mainly from mid-Atlantic and southern states. Population in 1835 about 3,200; in 1840 about 9,900; and in 1844 at least 15,000. Carthage ...

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as may unite by voluntary enrollment, be, and they are hereby organized into a body of independent military men, to be called the “Nauvoo Legion,” as contemplated in the 25th section of “An act to incorporate 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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,” approved, December 16, 1840.
Sec. 2. The Legion shall be, and is hereby, divided into two Cohorts,—the horse troops to constitute the first Cohort, and the foot troops to constitute the second Cohort.
Sec. 3. The general officers of the Legion shall consist of a Lieutenant General, as the chief commanding and reviewing officer, and President of the Court Martial, and Legion; a Major General, as the second in command of the Legion, the Secretary of the Court Martial, and Legion, and Adjutant and Inspector General; a Brigadier General, as commander of the first Cohort; and a Brigadier General, as commander of the second Cohort.
Sec. 4. The staff of the Lieutenant General shall consist of two principal Aids-de-Camp, with the rank of Colo [p. 321]
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