Unidentified Author, Petition, [, Hancock Co., IL], to Nauvoo Legion Court-Martial, 3 June 1842; unidentified handwriting; one page; Nauvoo Legion Records, CHL. Includes shorthand.
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Honorable Coat making buisnes
To the honorabel Cortmarshel we ask that you would order a 5th. Regement in the 2nd Cohort <to be formed> and that you would draw s & Companies from the 3rd Regement and place them in the 1st. Battalion of the 5th. Reg[imen]t. and s. & Companies to form the 2nd. Battalion
<June 3rd., <1842.>,— Ordered to be laid on the Table.—