Footnotes
“Officers of the City of Nauvoo,” Times and Seasons, 15 Dec. 1841, 3:638; “Municipal Court of the City of Nauvoo,” Times and Seasons, 1 July 1843, 4:244.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Important Autographs, 27; American Book-Prices Current 1969, 1446.
Important Autographs and Manuscripts: The Distinguished Collection of the Late Ogden L. Mills and Other Owners. New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1969.
American Book-Prices Current 1969: A Record of Literary Properties Sold at Auction in England, the United States, and Canada. Vol. 75, September 1968–August 1969. New York: Columbia University Press, 1972.
Footnotes
See Minutes, 1 Mar. 1841.
JS, Journal, 29 Nov. 1842. The court consisted of aldermen Newel K. Whitney, George W. Harris, Gustavus Hills, and William Marks, in addition to Wells. (Nauvoo Municipal Court Docket Book, 9 (second numbering).)
No extant records explicitly state why the court believed Nauvoo lacked jurisdiction. One possibility is that while the ordinance regarding religious societies gave either the mayor’s court or municipal court original jurisdiction, the municipal court only had authority to function as an appellate court according to the Nauvoo charter. The same day they dismissed Nauvoo’s case against Hunter, the Hancock County Circuit Court also dismissed one of JS’s complaints against Amos Davis that was tried under similar circumstances. (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court Records, 1829–1897, vol. C, pp. 409, 473, microfilm 947,496, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Minutes, 1 Mar. 1841; Act to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, 16 Dec. 1840.)
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Signature of JS.
Certification in the handwriting of Daniel H. Wells.
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Notation and endorsement in the handwriting of James Sloan.
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