Pay Order, Jonathan Dunham to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Abraham O. Smoot, 2 October 1844

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Pay Order, Jonathan Dunham to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Abraham O. Smoot, 2 October 1844
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Jonathan Dunham
14 Jan. 1800–28 July 1845. Soldier, police captain. Born in Paris, Oneida Co., New York. Son of Jonathan Dunham. Married Mary Kendall. Moved to Rushford, Allegany Co., New York, by 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and ordained...
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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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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 Abraham O. Smoot, 2 Oct. 1844; handwriting of
Jonathan Dunham
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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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A[braham] O. Smoot has done 44 <54> days duty as policeman
Nauvoo City
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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Oct 2nd. 1844
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The police salary was $1.00 per day. There is no transaction recorded in the Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger for an Smoot for $54.00. The verso of this pay order has Josiah Arnold’s name; there is a transaction on Arnold’s account in the ledger that could correspond to this order. (See Nauvoo City Treasury Record, 106, 169.)

J[onathan] Dunham
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Pay Order, Jonathan Dunham to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Abraham O. Smoot, 2 October 1844
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The police salary was $1.00 per day. There is no transaction recorded in the Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger for an Smoot for $54.00. The verso of this pay order has Josiah Arnold’s name; there is a transaction on Arnold’s account in the ledger that could correspond to this order. (See Nauvoo City Treasury Record, 106, 169.)