Pay Order, James Sloan to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Gustavus Hills, 30 January 1843

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Pay Order, James Sloan to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Gustavus Hills, 30 January 1843
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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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, Pay Order, to Nauvoo city treasurer [
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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], for
Gustavus Hills
29 Jan. 1804–18 Oct. 1846. Music teacher, engraver, jeweler, newspaper editor, judge. Born in Chatham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. Son of Lebbeus Hills and Mary Gibson. Married Elizabeth Mansfield, 25 Dec. 1827, in Middletown, Middlesex Co. Moved to Warren...
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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, 30 Jan. 1843; handwriting of
James Sloan
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; endorsement in handwriting of
William Clayton
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; one page; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL.

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The
City Treasur[er]
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of the City of
Nauvoo
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, will pay
Gustavus Hills
29 Jan. 1804–18 Oct. 1846. Music teacher, engraver, jeweler, newspaper editor, judge. Born in Chatham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. Son of Lebbeus Hills and Mary Gibson. Married Elizabeth Mansfield, 25 Dec. 1827, in Middletown, Middlesex Co. Moved to Warren...
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At the 30 January 1843 Nauvoo City Council meeting, the council ordered that various city officers, including Hills, be paid for their services. Notations indicate that certificates were made out to each of them. This transaction was recorded in the Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger on 31 January 1843. (Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, Nov. 1842–Jan. 1844, 6; Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 6, 72.)
Nineteen Dollars and fifty Cents, being for his services as a member of the City Council of said
City
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up to this date, including three Dollars for engraving a Seal for the Municipal Court.—

January 30th. 1843.—

James Sloan
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Pay Order, James Sloan to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Gustavus Hills, 30 January 1843
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At the 30 January 1843 Nauvoo City Council meeting, the council ordered that various city officers, including Hills, be paid for their services. Notations indicate that certificates were made out to each of them. This transaction was recorded in the Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger on 31 January 1843. (Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, Nov. 1842–Jan. 1844, 6; Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 6, 72.)