List of Property in the City of Nauvoo, 1841

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Nauvoo City Assessor, List of Property in the City of Nauvoo, 1841,
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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, ca. Nov. 1841–ca. 22 Jan. 1842; handwriting of Lewis Robison and an unidentified scribe; 103 unnumbered pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL.

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List of property in 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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Hancock County and State <of> Illinois With the Names of the owners and the value of the Property Assessed

By Lewis Robison Assesor

For the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundreed and Forty One
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On 6 November 1841, the Nauvoo city council resolved that the city assessor (Lewis Robison) should “be instructed to assess all property both real & personal within the City Limits, which is Taxable by the State, for state, or County purposes.” On 22 January 1842, Robison submitted this assessment book to the council. (Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 6 Nov. 1841, 29; 22 Jan. 1842, 51.
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List of Property in the City of Nauvoo, 1841
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On 6 November 1841, the Nauvoo city council resolved that the city assessor (Lewis Robison) should “be instructed to assess all property both real & personal within the City Limits, which is Taxable by the State, for state, or County purposes.” On 22 January 1842, Robison submitted this assessment book to the council. (Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 6 Nov. 1841, 29; 22 Jan. 1842, 51.