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Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, 1817–1917, vol. K, 1841–1842, microfilm 954,599, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Footnotes
Letter from Robert Peirce, 20 Aug. 1841; JS and Emma Smith to William Gheen, Deed, 18 Sept. 1841, Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, 1817–1917, vol. I, p. 446, microfilm 954,598, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. In May 1841 JS and Emma Smith transferred $1,550 worth of land to Peirce, which might have also been an installment on the debt to Peirce. (JS and Emma Smith to Robert Peirce, Indenture, 29 May 1841, Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, 1817–1917, vol. I, pp. 330–331, microfilm 954,598, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.)
“The Mormons—the Crimes of Their Leaders and the Delusion of Their Dupes—Their History, Etcetera,” Saturday Courier (Philadelphia), 14 Aug. 1841, [2].
Saturday Courier. Philadelphia. 1841–1848.
TEXT: The recorder added the notations on this line and the preceding line in the left margin when copying the deed into the deed book; “4780” is an identification number.
These three lots were located on the Nauvoo plat. Lot numbers 94 and 95 were adjacent to one another.
TEXT: Each instance of “L. S.” (and the “L S” following Samuel Smith’s name, below) is surrounded by a hand-drawn representation of a seal. “L.S.” is an abbreviation of locus sigilli, which is Latin for “location of the seal.”