Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Gardner G. Potter, 22 August 1844–A

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Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Gardner G. Potter, 22 August 1844–A
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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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, Pay Order, to Nauvoo City Collector, for Gardner G. Potter,
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, 22 Aug. 1844; printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of
William Clayton
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; notation in unidentified handwriting; one page; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL.

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The City Collector will please accept this order for three dollars and [blank] cents, for Taxes due the City of
Nauvoo
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, and it shall apply on settlement.

Nauvoo
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, Augt. 22 1844

Wm Clayton
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Treasurer.

<G[ardner] G. Potter>
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There is an entry recorded 19 February 1845 in the Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger for $3.00 for an order to Gardner G. Potter dated 22 August 1844. This order likely corresponds to that entry. Potter’s account in the ledger notes nine orders on collector dated 22 August 1844 totaling $23.00. This and the two other extant pay order for Potter dated 22 August 1844 likely correspond to three of those nine orders. (Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 28, 155; see also Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Gardner G. Potter, 22 Aug. 1844–B; Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Gardner G. Potter, 22 Aug. 1844–C.)
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There is an entry recorded 19 February 1845 in the Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger for $3.00 for an order to Gardner G. Potter dated 22 August 1844. This order likely corresponds to that entry. Potter’s account in the ledger notes nine orders on collector dated 22 August 1844 totaling $23.00. This and the two other extant pay order for Potter dated 22 August 1844 likely correspond to three of those nine orders. (Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 28, 155; see also Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Gardner G. Potter, 22 Aug. 1844–B; Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Gardner G. Potter, 22 Aug. 1844–C.)