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Muster Roll, [onboard Maid of Iowa,
Mississippi River
Principal U.S. river running southward from Itasca Lake, Minnesota, to Gulf of Mexico. Covered 3,160-mile course, 1839 (now about 2,350 miles). Drains about 1,100,000 square miles. Steamboat travel on Mississippi very important in 1830s and 1840s for shipping...
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and
Illinois River
Largest river in Illinois, formed from Fox and Des Plaines rivers in Wisconsin and Kankakee River in Indiana. Traverses about four hundred miles to empty into Mississippi River about twenty miles above junction with Missouri River. Flows southwest through...
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, traveling between
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, and
Beardstown
Settled by 1819. Platted Sept. 1829. Location of licensed ferry crossing on Illinois River. Trade and shipping center. Incorporated as town, 1837. County seat. JS rode through town, 8 Jan. 1843, en route from Springfield to Nauvoo.
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, Cass Co., IL],
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JS History, vol. E-1, 1655–1656.
26 June 1843. Extract copied [ca. 1854] in Albert P. Rockwood, [Utah Territory], to George A. Smith, ca. 1854; handwriting of
Albert P. Rockwood
9 June 1805–25 Nov. 1879. Stonecutter, merchant, prison warden. Born in Holliston, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Luther Rockwood and Ruth Perry. Married Nancy Haven, 4 Apr. 1827. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Brigham ...
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; one page; Joseph Smith History Documents, 1839–1860, CHL.

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JS History, vol. E-1, 1655–1656.
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Rool [roll] of Company of Riflemen detached for Special service from the
Nauvoo Ligion
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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June 26 1843
J[onathan] Dunham
14 Jan. 1800–28 July 1845. Soldier, police captain. Born in Paris, Oneida Co., New York. Son of Jonathan Dunham. Married Mary Kendall. Moved to Rushford, Allegany Co., New York, by 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and ordained...
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TEXT: Rather than copying the list of names, Albert P. Rockwood indicated that this roll was identical to another roll he had copied on the previous pages of the letter.
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Muster Roll, 26 June 1843, Extract
ID #
22024
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Albert P. Rockwood
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TEXT: Rather than copying the list of names, Albert P. Rockwood indicated that this roll was identical to another roll he had copied on the previous pages of the letter.