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Promissory Note to E. Evens & Co., 25 August 1841

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Ephraim Potter

7 June 1817–after Sept. 1845. Born in Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Son of Ephraim Potter and Hannah Woodmansee. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by July 1841. Member of Nauvoo Legion. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and left ...

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on behalf of JS, Promissory Note,
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, to William Allen on behalf of E. Evens & Co., 25 Aug. 1841; printed form with manuscript additions in unidentified handwriting; signature of
Ephraim Potter

7 June 1817–after Sept. 1845. Born in Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Son of Ephraim Potter and Hannah Woodmansee. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by July 1841. Member of Nauvoo Legion. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and left ...

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on behalf of JS; one page; private possession; photocopy in Historical Department, Nineteenth-Century Legal Documents Collection, 1829–1973, CHL. Includes mathematical computations.

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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—
County, Ills Augst. 25 1841
Received of E. Evens & Co. pr. Wm. Allen Seventy two Bottles of “Horning’s Vegetable Ague Syrup,” for which I promise to pay, when called for, One Dollar per Bottle, or return the Medicine in good order.

Signature of Ephraim Potter on behalf of JS.


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Eph[rai]m. Potter

7 June 1817–after Sept. 1845. Born in Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Son of Ephraim Potter and Hannah Woodmansee. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by July 1841. Member of Nauvoo Legion. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and left ...

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Promissory Note to E. Evens & Co., 25 August 1841
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    Signature of Ephraim Potter on behalf of JS.

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