Pay Order, James Sloan to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Wilford Woodruff, 30 January 1843

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Pay Order, James Sloan to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Wilford Woodruff, 30 January 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
Wilford Woodruff
1 Mar. 1807–2 Sept. 1898. Farmer, miller. Born at Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Son of Aphek Woodruff and Beulah Thompson. Moved to Richland, Oswego Co., New York, 1832. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Zera Pulsipher,...
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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, 30 Jan. 1843; handwriting of
James Sloan
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; docket in handwriting of
Wilford Woodruff
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; endorsement in handwriting of
William Clayton
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; notation in handwriting of
Elijah Fordham
12 Apr. 1798–9 Sept. 1879. Carpenter. Born at New York City. Son of George Fordham and Mary Baker. Married first Jane Ann Fisher, 23 Nov. 1822. Married second Bethiah Fisher, 12 Apr. 1830. Lived at Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan Territory, 1831–1833. Baptized...
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I hereby Certify that the sum of two dollars has been this day allowed by the City Council, to be paid to
Wilford Woodruff
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At the 30 January 1843 Nauvoo City Council meeting, the council ordered that various city officers, including Wilford Woodruff, 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 13 November 1843. (Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, Nov. 1842–Jan. 1844, 6; Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 8, 71.)
out of the City Treasury, which amount the
City Treasurer
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will please pay him.—

Given under my hand, and the Corporation Seal, at
Nauvoo City
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, Ills., January 30th. 1843.—

James Sloan
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, City Recorder of said
City
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Pay Order, James Sloan to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Wilford Woodruff, 30 January 1843
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At the 30 January 1843 Nauvoo City Council meeting, the council ordered that various city officers, including Wilford Woodruff, 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 13 November 1843. (Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, Nov. 1842–Jan. 1844, 6; Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 8, 71.)