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Resolution, 3 February 1841

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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, 3 Feb. 1841. Version copied [ca. 3 Feb. 1841] in Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, pp. 4–5; 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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; CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Minutes, 3 Feb. 1841, Copy.

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See Historical Introduction to Minutes, 3 February 1841, Copy.
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Resolution, 3 February 1841 Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845 Resolution, 3 February 1841, as Published in Times and Seasons City Charter: Laws, Ordinances, and Acts, July 1842 History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842] “History of Joseph Smith”

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Statesmen, & as an evidence of gratitude for the Signal powers recently conferred.— & that the Citizens of
Quincy

Located on high limestone bluffs east of Mississippi River, about forty-five miles south of Nauvoo. Settled 1821. Adams Co. seat, 1825. Incorporated as town, 1834. Received city charter, 1840. Population in 1835 about 800; in 1840 about 2,300; and in 1845...

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be held in everlasting remembrance for their unparalle[le]d liberality & marked kindness to our People, when in their greatest state of suffering & want. [p. 5]
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