Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Vernon Bruce, 29 August 1844–C

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Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Vernon Bruce, 29 August 1844–C
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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
Vernon Bruce
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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, 29 Aug. 1844; printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of
William Clayton
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; one page; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL.

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The City Collector will please accept this order for ten 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. 29 1844

Wm Clayton
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Treasurer.

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V[ernon] H. Bruce
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There are no entries recorded in the Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger for $10.00 for any orders to Vernon Bruce dated 29 August 1844. Bruce’s account in the ledger notes ten orders on collector dated 29 August 1844 totaling $23.00. This and the two other extant pay orders for Bruce dated 29 August 1844 likely correspond to three of those ten orders. (Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 141; Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Vernon Bruce, 29 Aug. 1844–A; Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Vernon Bruce, 29 Aug. 1844–B.)
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There are no entries recorded in the Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger for $10.00 for any orders to Vernon Bruce dated 29 August 1844. Bruce’s account in the ledger notes ten orders on collector dated 29 August 1844 totaling $23.00. This and the two other extant pay orders for Bruce dated 29 August 1844 likely correspond to three of those ten orders. (Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 141; Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Vernon Bruce, 29 Aug. 1844–A; Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Vernon Bruce, 29 Aug. 1844–B.)