Bill to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, between 4 October and 12 December 1840

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Bill to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, between 4 October and 12 December 1840
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Bill for an Act to Incorporate the 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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Springfield
Settled by 1819. Incorporated as town, 1832. Became capital of Illinois, 1837. Incorporated as city, 1840. Sangamon Co. seat. Population in 1840 about 2,600. Stake of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints organized in Springfield, Nov. 1840; discontinued...
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, Sangamon Co., IL, between ca. 27 Dec. and 12 Dec. 1840]; handwriting of various unidentified scribes; twenty pages; 12th General Assembly, 1840–1841, House Bill No. 219 [Senate Bill no. 3], Illinois General Assembly, “Bills, Resolutions, and Related General Assembly Records,” 1st–98th Bienniums, 1819–2015, Record Series 600.001, Illinois State Archives, Springfield.

Historical Introduction

See Historical Introduction to Act to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, 16 December 1840.
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Bill to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, between 4 October and 12 December 1840
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21284
Total Pages
20
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