Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Lorenzo Clark, 2 August 1844

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Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Lorenzo Clark, 2 August 1844
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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
Lorenzo Clark
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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, 2 Aug. 1844; printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of
William Clayton
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; notations probably in handwriting of
James Whitehead
12 Apr. 1813–27 July 1898. Clerk, farmer. Born in Roughhay, Fulwood, Lancashire, England. Son of Thomas Whitehead and Mary. Married first Jane Marshall Hindle, 25 Jan. 1837, in Preston, Lancashire, England. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
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and in unidentified handwriting; one page; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL.

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The City Collector will please accept this order for twelve 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. 2 1844

Wm Clayton
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Treasurer.

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L[orenzo] Clark
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There are no separate entries recorded in the Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger for any orders to Lorenzo Clark dated 2 August 1844. Clark’s account in the ledger notes seven orders on collector dated 2 August 1844 totaling $21.00. This pay order likely corresponds to one of those seven orders. (Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 151.)
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Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Lorenzo Clark, 2 August 1844
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There are no separate entries recorded in the Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger for any orders to Lorenzo Clark dated 2 August 1844. Clark’s account in the ledger notes seven orders on collector dated 2 August 1844 totaling $21.00. This pay order likely corresponds to one of those seven orders. (Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 151.)