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Pay Order, James Sloan to Nauvoo City Treasurer for George W. Harris, 30 January 1843
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, Pay Order, to Nauvoo city treasurer [], for , , Hancock Co., IL, 30 Jan. 1843; handwriting of ; notation and endorsement in handwriting of ; docket in handwriting of ; one page; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL. Includes seal.
I hereby Certify that the sum of thirty two dollars has been this day allowed by the City Council, to be paid to , out of the City Treasury, which amount the will please pay him.— Given under my hand, and the Corporation Seal, at , Ills., Jany.. 30h 1843.
[seal]
, Ciy Recorderof said .
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At the 30 January 1843 Nauvoo City Council meeting, the council ordered that various city officers, including Harris, be paid for their services. Notations indicate that certificates were made out to each of them. This transaction was recorded in the Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger on 1 June 1843. (Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, Nov. 1842–Jan. 1844, 6; Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 88.)
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TEXT: Embossed seal, “CORPORATION SEAL of CITY of NAUVOO 1840”.
Notation in handwriting of William Clayton.