Petition from Lorenzo Brown and Others, 11 January 1843

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Petition from Lorenzo Brown and Others, 11 January 1843
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Lorenzo Brown and 21 others, Petition,
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, to Nauvoo City Council, 11 Jan. 1843; unidentified handwriting; signatures of petitioners; endorsement in handwriting of
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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; one page; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL.

See also Petition from Stephen Winchester and Others, ca. 11 Mar. 1843.
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City of
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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Jan 11th 1843

To the Hon City Council Gentleman

we your undersigns petitioners pray your Hon Body to open winchester Street, <or the Street East> from Parley St to South to the
River
Principal U.S. river running southward from Itasca Lake, Minnesota, to Gulf of Mexico. Covered 3,160-mile course, 1839 (now about 2,350 miles). Drains about 1,100,000 square miles. Steamboat travel on Mississippi very important in 1830s and 1840s for shipping...
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as we have no way Traveling to South as the Roads are all fenced up and we your Petitioners will ever Pray

Signatures of petitioners.
Loranzo [Lorenzo] Brown Thos J Filcher

Zechariah D, Willson E M Kimball

Barnet Cole
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Hosea Stout
18 Sept. 1810–2 Mar. 1889. Farmer, teacher, carpenter, sawmill operator, lawyer. Born near Pleasant Hill, Mercer Co., Kentucky. Son of Joseph Stout and Anna Smith. Moved to Union Township, Clinton Co., Ohio, 1819; to Wilmington, Clinton Co., fall 1824; to...
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Francillo Durfey
Constans [Constantine] Kreymeyer
8 Nov. 1806–21 Feb. 1875. Farmer. Born at Ibbenbueren, Westfalen, Prussia (later in Germany). Son of Mauritz Kreymeyer and Eleanor Tenbrink. Immigrated to U.S., 1832. Purchased land in Hancock Co., Illinois, 29 Dec. 1835. Married first Louisa Sherman, 18 ...
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Samuel M’Clanathan [McClanathan] Ira N, Spaulding

Melvin Ross Lucius Merchants

He[ze]kiah Peck
19 Jan. 1782–25 Aug. 1850. Millwright. Born at Guilford, Cumberland Co., New York (later in Windham Co., Vermont). Son of Joseph Peck and Elizabeth Read. Moved to Jericho (later Bainbridge), Chenango Co., New York, by 1812. Married Martha Long, by 1812. Baptized...
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John Williams

Hiram Dayton
1 Nov. 1798–10 Dec. 1881. Farmer, canal builder. Born at Herkimer, Herkimer Co., New York. Son of Friend Dayton and Anne Herrington. Married Permelia Bundy, 1 Nov. 1820. Moved to Parkman, Geauga Co., Ohio, 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter...
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George Scholes

Harrison Burgess
3 Sept. 1814–10 Feb. 1883. Born in Putnam, Washington Co., New York. Son of William Burgess and Vilate Stockwell. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, July 1832. Served mission to Vermont with John S. Carter, spring 1833. Ordained a ...
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Stephen Winchester cen [Sr.]
8 May 1795–1 Jan. 1873. Farmer. Born in Vershire, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Benjamin Winchester and Bethia Benjamins. Married Nancy Case, 31 July 1816, in Fort Edward, Washington Co., New York. Moved to Elk Creek, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, by 1820. Baptized...
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Joseph F Phippon Stephen Winchester jun

Reuben Atwood
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Benjamin Brown
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Petition from Lorenzo Brown and Others, 11 January 1843
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Zachariah Willson
Barnet Cole
Hosea Stout
Samuel McClanathan
Hezekiah Peck
Hiram F. Dayton
Harrison Burgess
Reuben Atwood
Benjamin Brown
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Signatures of petitioners.