Pay Order, James Sloan to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Samuel Smith, 12 May 1843

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Pay Order, James Sloan to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Samuel Smith, 12 May 1843
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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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, Pay Order, to Nauvoo city treasurer [
William Clayton
17 July 1814–4 Dec. 1879. Bookkeeper, clerk. Born at Charnock Moss, Penwortham, Lancashire, England. Son of Thomas Clayton and Ann Critchley. Married Ruth Moon, 9 Oct. 1836, at Penwortham. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Heber...
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], for
Samuel Smith
13 Mar. 1808–30 July 1844. Farmer, logger, scribe, builder, tavern operator. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, by Mar. 1810; to Lebanon, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, 1811...
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Nauvoo
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, 12 May 1843; handwriting of
James Sloan
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; endorsement in handwriting of
William Clayton
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; one page; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL. Includes seal.

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I hereby Certify that the City Council of the City of
Nauvoo
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have this day allowed
Samuel H. Smith
13 Mar. 1808–30 July 1844. Farmer, logger, scribe, builder, tavern operator. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, by Mar. 1810; to Lebanon, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, 1811...
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At the 12 May 1843 Nauvoo City Council meeting, Samuel Smith applied to be returned money for fines imposed on him for the year 1842. His application was accepted and this order written. The transaction was recorded in the Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger 5 July 1843. (Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, Nov. 1842–Jan. 1844, 15; Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 96.)
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Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 1842–1845. Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845. CHL. MS 16800.
Nine Dollars & fifty Cents, being the amount deducted from his pay as a Member of the City Council, for fines, for the year 1842, which sum the
City Treasurer
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will please pay him out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Given under my hand, & the Corporation Seal of said City of
Nauvoo
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, this 12th. day of May 1843.

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TEXT: Embossed seal, “CORPORATION SEAL of CITY of NAUVOO 1840”.

James Sloan
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, City Recorder of the City of
Nauvoo
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Pay Order, James Sloan to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Samuel Smith, 12 May 1843
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At the 12 May 1843 Nauvoo City Council meeting, Samuel Smith applied to be returned money for fines imposed on him for the year 1842. His application was accepted and this order written. The transaction was recorded in the Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger 5 July 1843. (Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, Nov. 1842–Jan. 1844, 15; Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 96.)
Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 1842–1845. Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845. CHL. MS 16800.
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TEXT: Embossed seal, “CORPORATION SEAL of CITY of NAUVOO 1840”.