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Letter from John B. Weber, 6 January 1840
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Any information respecting your mission will be thankfully received, and made known to your people here
Very respectfully yours
Jno. B Weber
Revd. Jos. Smith
and associates [p. 95]
John B. Weber, letter, Springfield, IL, to JS and “Associates,” Washington DC, 6 Jan. 1840; handwriting of Howard Coray; in JS Letterbook 2, pp. 94–95; JS Collection, CHL.
Settled by 1819. Incorporated as town, 1832. Became state capital, 1837. Incorporated as city, 1840. Sangamon Co. seat. Population in 1840 about 2,600. Stake of LDS church organized in Springfield, Nov. 1840; discontinued May 1841; branch organized, Jan. ...
More InfoCreated as district for seat of U.S. federal government by act of Congress, 1790, and named Washington DC, 1791. Named in honor of George Washington. Headquarters of executive, legislative, and judicial branches of U.S. government relocated to Washington ...
More Info6 May 1817–16 Jan. 1908. Bookkeeper, clerk, teacher, farmer. Born in Dansville, Steuben Co., New York. Son of Silas Coray and Mary Stephens. Moved to Providence, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, ca. 1827; to Williams, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, by 1830; and...
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