Town Lot Order to Jane Miller, 6 March 1840

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Town Lot Order to Jane Miller, 6 March 1840
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Henry G. Sherwood
20 Apr. 1785–24 Nov. 1867. Surveyor. Born at Kingsbury, Washington Co., New York. Son of Newcomb Sherwood and a woman whose maiden name was Tolman (first name unidentified). Married first Jane J. McManagal (McMangle) of Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, ca. 1824...
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, Nauvoo Town Lot Order, to
Jane Miller
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Commerce
Located near middle of western boundary of state, bordering Mississippi River. European Americans settled area, 1820s. From bank of river, several feet above high-water mark, ground described as nearly level for six or seven blocks before gradually sloping...
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, Hancock Co., IL], 6 Mar. 1840; handwriting of
Henry G. Sherwood
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; one page; JS Office Papers, CHL.

Slip of paper, measuring 1⅜ × 7¾ inches (3 × 20 cm). Uneven cuts on the top, bottom, and right edge of the slip indicate it was excised from a larger leaf and possibly from a book. Four printed blue horizontal lines are visible. The right quarter of the slip was folded, and the slip was then folded in half.

The order was either received or created in JS’s office. It may have been kept together with similar orders in a wrapper labeled “Receipts and orders handed in by H. G. Sherwood.”
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Block 16 Lot No 1
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This lot was located on land purchased from the partnership of Horace Hotchkiss, Smith Tuttle, and John Gillet. It was in the north part of the Nauvoo town plat at the southwest corner of the intersection of Brattle and Barnett streets. According to information provided by Alanson Ripley in June 1840, town lots measured eleven by twelve rods (181½ by 198 feet, or nearly five-sixths of an acre). (Trustees Land Book A, Hotchkiss Purchase, [5]–[6]; Alanson Ripley, “Nauvoo,” Times and Seasons, June 1840, 1:123.)
Comprehensive Works Cited
Trustees Land Books / Trustee-in-Trust, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Land Books, 1839–1845. 2 vols. CHL. MS 3437.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Is put to
Jane Miller
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at $200
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The Nauvoo high council had set the “standard price” for Nauvoo lots at $500 but had said that none would be sold for less than $200 or more than $800. (Nauvoo High Council Minutes, 21 Oct. 1839, 26.)
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Nauvoo High Council Minutes, 1839–1845. CHL. LR 3102 22.
Terms left with Br Joseph— March 6, 1840—
H[enry] G Sherwood
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Town Lot Order to Jane Miller, 6 March 1840
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Total Pages
2
Print Volume Location
JSP, D7:203–211
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Henry G. Sherwood
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This lot was located on land purchased from the partnership of Horace Hotchkiss, Smith Tuttle, and John Gillet. It was in the north part of the Nauvoo town plat at the southwest corner of the intersection of Brattle and Barnett streets. According to information provided by Alanson Ripley in June 1840, town lots measured eleven by twelve rods (181½ by 198 feet, or nearly five-sixths of an acre). (Trustees Land Book A, Hotchkiss Purchase, [5]–[6]; Alanson Ripley, “Nauvoo,” Times and Seasons, June 1840, 1:123.)
Trustees Land Books / Trustee-in-Trust, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Land Books, 1839–1845. 2 vols. CHL. MS 3437.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
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The Nauvoo high council had set the “standard price” for Nauvoo lots at $500 but had said that none would be sold for less than $200 or more than $800. (Nauvoo High Council Minutes, 21 Oct. 1839, 26.)
Nauvoo High Council Minutes, 1839–1845. CHL. LR 3102 22.