Commission, Hosea Stout to Louisa Taylor Stout, 4 May 1845

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Commission, Hosea Stout to Louisa Taylor Stout, 4 May 1845
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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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, Commission, to Louisa Taylor Stout,
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, 4 May 1845; printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of
Hosea Stout
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; signatures of
Hosea Stout
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and W. Waterman Phelps; one page; photograph in Hosea Stout, Papers, CHL.

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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME; GREETING,

KNOW YE, That I have duly appointed Louisa [Taylor] Stout to the office of First Assistant to the Col of the Fifth Regiment, Second Cohort,
Nauvoo Legion
A contingent of the Illinois state militia provided for in the Nauvoo city charter. The Nauvoo Legion was organized into two cohorts: one infantry and one cavalry. Each cohort could potentially comprise several thousand men and was overseen by a brigadier...
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, of the Militia of the State of
Illinois
Became part of Northwest Territory of U.S., 1787. Admitted as state, 1818. Population in 1840 about 480,000. Population in 1845 about 660,000. Plentiful, inexpensive land attracted settlers from northern and southern states. Following expulsion from Missouri...
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<S>He is, therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duties of said office, by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging; and I do strictly require all officers and soldiers under his command to be obedient to his orders; and he is to obey such orders and directions as he shall receive from time to time, from his Commander in Chief or his superior officer.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. Done at 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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, this fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five—, and of the Independence of the
United States
North American constitutional republic. Constitution ratified, 17 Sept. 1787. Population in 1805 about 6,000,000; in 1830 about 13,000,000; and in 1844 about 20,000,000. Louisiana Purchase, 1803, doubled size of U.S. Consisted of seventeen states at time ...
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the sixty Eighth

Hosea Stout
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Col. 5th Reg. 2d Ct. N. L.

Signature of W. Waterman Phelps.
W Waterman Phelps Adjutant [p. [1]]
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Signature of W. Waterman Phelps.