Interim Content
Nauvoo charter
Summary
“An Act to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo,” approved 16 December 1840 by the Illinois general assembly to legally organize the city of Nauvoo. The charter authorized the creation of a city council, consisting initially of a mayor, four aldermen, and nine council members; and a municipal court with jurisdiction over local cases and the power to issue writs of habeas corpus. The charter also included provisions for a university and a local militia. While no specific provision of Nauvoo’s charter was unique among Illinois city charters, the combination of powers in the charter and the energetic use of those powers became a source of contention. After efforts to repeal the charter during JS’s lifetime, it was finally repealed in January 1845.
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papers
glossary
- Account of Hearing, 8 May 1844 [ F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus ]
- Appendix: Discourses, 22 June and 23 or 24 June 1844, as Recorded in Fullmer, Letterbook
- Discourse, 9 December 1843, as Reported by Nauvoo Neighbor
- Docket Entry, circa 8 August 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
- Editorial, 16–17 February 1844, as Published in Times and Seasons
- Introduction to Butterfield v. Mills
- Introduction to C. A. Foster v. JS and Coolidge
- Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–B, City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–C, and State of Illinois v. R. D. Foster
- Introduction to Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault
- Introduction to Extradition of JS for Treason
- Introduction to JS v. Brotherton
- Introduction to Saunders v. T. Dixon
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. Colton and State of Illinois v. Colton on Habeas Corpus
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. Drown and State of Illinois v. Drown on Habeas Corpus
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. Greene et al. and State of Illinois v. Greene et al. on Habeas Corpus
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. J. Hoopes and L. Hoopes and State of Illinois v. J. Hoopes and L. Hoopes on Habeas Corpus
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. JS and H. Smith for Treason
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A, State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus, State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus, and State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–B
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. JS for Assault and Battery
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Letter from Thomas Ford, 22 June 1844
- Letter to Friends in Illinois, 20 December 1841
- Ordinance, 8 December 1843–A
- Petition from Aaron Johnson, 18 December 1843