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Resolution, 10 June 1844

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Nauvoo City Council, Resolution,
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, 10 June 1844; handwriting of
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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; one page; JS Collection, CHL.
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Resolution, 10 June 1844, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor –A Resolution, 10 June 1844, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor –B
*Resolution, 10 June 1844
History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844] “History of Joseph Smith”

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Resolved 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 printing establishment
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The version of this resolution published by the Nauvoo Neighbor substitutes the word “office” for “establishment.” The Nauvoo Expositor’s printing office was in Nauvoo’s third (southeastern) municipal ward in lot 4 of block 19 of the Wells addition (on the north side of Mulholland Street between Woodruff and Page streets). (“For the Neighbor,” Nauvoo Neighbor, Extra, 17 June 1844, [1]; “For the Neighbor,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 19 June 1844, [3].)


from whence issues the “Nauvoo Expositor” is a public Nuisance
2

William Blackstone, an influential English legal commentator, divided nuisances into two classes: “public or common nuisances,” which affect an entire community, and “private nuisances,” which affect an individual. The act incorporating Nauvoo, also called the Nauvoo charter, granted the city council the power “to make regulations to secure the general health of the inhabitants, to declare what shall be a nuisance, and to prevent and remove the same.” On 10 June 1844, the city council also declared an old barn on Hyde Street a nuisance and ordered it to be removed. (Blackstone, Commentaries, vol. 2, bk. 3, p. 170, italics in original; Act to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, 16 Dec. 1840, in JSP, D7:486; Minutes, 10 June 1844, p. 204 herein; Alanson Ripley et al. to Nauvoo City Council, Petition, Nauvoo, IL, 10 June 1844, Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL; Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 10 June 1844, 212.)


and also all of said Nauvoo Expositors which may be, or exist in said establishment, and the Mayor is instructed to cause said printing establishment and papers to be removed without delay, in such manner as he shall direct
Geo. W. Harris

1 Apr. 1780–1857. Jeweler. Born at Lanesboro, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of James Harris and Diana (Margaret) Burton. Married first Elizabeth, ca. 1800. Married second Margaret, who died in 1828. Moved to Batavia, Genesee Co., New York, by 1830. Married...

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Prs— Pro Tem
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JS, as mayor, asked alderman Harris to chair, or preside over, the 10 June city council meeting. (Minutes, 10 June 1844, p. 184 herein.)


Passed June 10— 1844)
W[illard] 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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[See Mayor’s Order to Nauvoo City Marshal, 10 June 1844.] [p. [1]]
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  1. [1]

    The version of this resolution published by the Nauvoo Neighbor substitutes the word “office” for “establishment.” The Nauvoo Expositor’s printing office was in Nauvoo’s third (southeastern) municipal ward in lot 4 of block 19 of the Wells addition (on the north side of Mulholland Street between Woodruff and Page streets). (“For the Neighbor,” Nauvoo Neighbor, Extra, 17 June 1844, [1]; “For the Neighbor,” Nauvoo Neighbor, 19 June 1844, [3].)

  2. [2]

    William Blackstone, an influential English legal commentator, divided nuisances into two classes: “public or common nuisances,” which affect an entire community, and “private nuisances,” which affect an individual. The act incorporating Nauvoo, also called the Nauvoo charter, granted the city council the power “to make regulations to secure the general health of the inhabitants, to declare what shall be a nuisance, and to prevent and remove the same.” On 10 June 1844, the city council also declared an old barn on Hyde Street a nuisance and ordered it to be removed. (Blackstone, Commentaries, vol. 2, bk. 3, p. 170, italics in original; Act to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, 16 Dec. 1840, in JSP, D7:486; Minutes, 10 June 1844, p. 204 herein; Alanson Ripley et al. to Nauvoo City Council, Petition, Nauvoo, IL, 10 June 1844, Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL; Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 10 June 1844, 212.)

  3. [3]

    JS, as mayor, asked alderman Harris to chair, or preside over, the 10 June city council meeting. (Minutes, 10 June 1844, p. 184 herein.)

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