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Nauvoo City Council, Ordinance,
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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, 30 Jan. 1843. Version copied [ca. 30 Jan. 1843] in Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, pp. 149–151; 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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Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845 Ordinance, 30 January 1843, as Published in the Wasp
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An Ordinance in relation to Interments.

Sec. 1. Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of
Nauvoo
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, that all graves for the interment of human Bodies in the burying ground or grounds belonging to the City of
Nauvoo
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, shall be dug fully six feet deep from the surface, and in covering the same it shall be left well filled, raised [p. 149]
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