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Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. Clements and N. Tanner Complaint, 17 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Clements and N. Tanner] Warrant, 17 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Clements and N. Tanner] Subpoena, 19 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Clements and N. Tanner] Execution, 19 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Clements and N. Tanner] Recognizance, 19 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Clements and N. Tanner] Docket Entry, circa 19 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Clements and N. Tanner]

Recognizance, 19 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Clements and N. Tanner]

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JS as Mayor, Recognizance, for
Albert Clements

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and Nathan Tanner,
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, 19 Dec. 1842, City of Nauvoo v. Clements and N. Tanner (Nauvoo, IL, Mayor’s Court 1842); handwriting of
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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; signatures of
Albert Clements

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and Nathan Tanner; certified by JS, 19 Dec. 1842; docket by
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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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], [19 Dec. 1842]; two pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL. Includes seals.

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State of Illinois) s.s. [scilicet]
Hancock County)
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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)
Be it Remembered that on the nineteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two
Albert Clements

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and Nathan Tener [Tanner] personally appeared before me Joseph Smith, Mayor, and one of the Justices of the Peace in and for 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 jointly and severally acknowledged themselves to owe the People of the State of
Illinois

Became part of Northwest Territory of U.S., 1787. Admitted as state, 1818. Population in 1840 about 480,000. Population in 1845 about 660,000. Plentiful, inexpensive land attracted settlers from northern and southern states. Following expulsion from Missouri...

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the sum of Fifty Dollars, to be levied of their goods and Chattels, Lands and Tenements, if default be made in the Condition following, to wit:
The Condition of this Recognizance is such, that if the above bound
Albert Clements

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, (who hath been this day convicted of a breach of a City Ordinance, entitled “an Ordinance Concerning Vagrants and disorderly Persons”,) shall be of the peace and good behaviour towards the Citizens of the
State

Became part of Northwest Territory of U.S., 1787. Admitted as state, 1818. Population in 1840 about 480,000. Population in 1845 about 660,000. Plentiful, inexpensive land attracted settlers from northern and southern states. Following expulsion from Missouri...

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generally, and especially towards
Adah [Winchell] Clements

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, for the space of Six Months from the date hereof, then this Recognizance shall be Void; otherwise to be and remain in full force and Virtue in Law.—

Signatures of Albert Clements and Nathan Tanner.


Albert Clements

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Seal
1

TEXT: Instances of “Seal” are enclosed in hand-drawn representations of seals.


Nathan Tanner Seal
Taken and acknowledged before me, on the day and year first above Written.—

Signature of JS.


Joseph Smith Mayor [p. [1]]
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Recognizance, 19 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Clements and N. Tanner]
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2
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  • James Sloan
  • Albert Clements
  • Unidentified
  • Joseph Smith Jr.

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    Signatures of Albert Clements and Nathan Tanner.

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    TEXT: Instances of “Seal” are enclosed in hand-drawn representations of seals.

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    Signature of JS.

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