Skip to main content

Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger–56

  1. Home > 
  2. The Papers > 

Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger

Source Note

Nauvoo City Treasury, Ledger, , Hancock Co., IL, 4 Jan. 1842–Mar. 1845 handwriting of , , , and ; 178 numbered pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL. Includes archival markings.
Note this record book was edited according to the style for financial records in the Joseph Smith Papers. See Editorial Method for Financial Records.
Joseph Smith Dr Contra Cr
1842 1842
May 21 To Scrip No 239 & 248 inclusive. 2 10.00 May 16 by payable To Carlos Gove or bearor dated 17. Feb 1842. nine dollars 37½/100 9.37½
Augt. 5th. To Scrip Nos [numbers] 436 & 475 inclusive <​p[ai]d ​> 40.00 July 12th. By city order of this date allowed for printing Laws. 50.00
50.00 Sepr 28th By Scrip (sundry numbers) lent to city Treasury 76.00
Jany 22nd. By amount on page 46 transferred to this page 34.12½
169.50
Amount Dr 50.00
Balance due $119.50
1843 1843
Jany 15th. To Cash in current paper Money & Silver 41.06 Brought forwards 119.50
Ap[ri]l 12 [To cash] in silver— 1.50 June 6 By order to credited to on Mayors Books 41.51
May 12 [To cash in silver] paid 0.67½ Augt 10 [By] this amount charged to balance his account— 11.00
Augt. 21 [To] paid Taxes in the 3rd. Ward to 1.95 1844
[August 21] [To paid taxes in the 3rd ward to ] for 3.42 Jany 18 [By] part of Treasurers Order to for A. Thompsons fine 1.00
Sepr. 5 [To] Cash for Licence for Circus 5.00 Feby 16 [By] City order for services allowed Feby 12— 1844 601.61
Octr. 10 [To] License & Auction Duty of Sleeper & Hovey 6.25 $774.62
[October] 11 [To] Order on Collector to 6.00
[October] 26 [To] Order on to pay taxes for Self and 3.32
Nov 13 [To] Amount of s Fine 5.00
[November 13] [To] order for Dr Smiths Tax— 0.40
[November] 16 [To] order for Taxes in 4th. Ward on 13.32
[November] 23 [To] order on to 2.03 1844 Joseph Smith Dr.
1844 To amount brought up 243.22
Jany 22 [To] 2 orders on Collectors given to for Plot of Dam 8.00 Mch 13 To amount of [Frederick] Merryweathers Licence fee by Recordr 7.00
Feby 5 [To] 2 orders on Collectors to redeem lots 5.26 & cost 60 0.92 <​5.86​> [March] 16 [To] order on Collector given to 0.86
[February] 20 [To] 1 order on the to pay Taxes 4.13 [March] 26 [To order on collector given to] C. Hulet [Charles Hewlett] on s order 0.54
[February 20] [To] 1 [order] on the for Costs on lots 4.68 [March] 30 [To order on collector given to] 1.08
[February 20] [To] Specie this day 29.63 ½ <​29.83½​> Apl 24 [To] 2 [orders on collector given to] 3.45½ & 1.92 5.37½
[February 20] [To] Amount paid on s ordr 43.00 May 22 [To] Specie by Recorder 1.75
Feby 29t[h] [To] Amount credited & 21.47 June 19 [To specie] paid as per order to 2.50
Mch 9 [To] Amount credited pr 98 33.00 Decr 16 [To] Order to to pay tax 2.30
[March 9] [To] order on Collector 1.47 [December] 26 [To order to] J[onathan] C. Wright [to pay tax] 12.97
[March 9] [To order on collector] for 1.85 1845
Carried up— $243.22 Feby 14 [To] paid Tax in the second Ward 2.45
$280.04½
See Page 76
[p. 55–56]
View entire transcript

|

Cite this page

Source Note

Document Transcript

Document Information

Related Case Documents
Editorial Title
Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger
ID #
13704
Total Pages
178
Print Volume Location
Handwriting on This Page
  • Willard Richards
  • William Clayton

Footnotes

  1. new scribe logo

    William Clayton handwriting ends; Willard Richards begins.

  2. [275]

    See Statement of Account from Carlos Gove, 29 June 1841; Pay Order, John C. Bennett to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Carlos Gove, 2 July 1841; Receipt, Carlos Gove to Robert B. Thompson, 12 May 1841; and Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, Jan.–Nov. 1842, 13.

  3. new scribe logo

    Willard Richards handwriting ends; William Clayton begins.

  4. [276]

    Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer, 12 July 1842.

  5. [277]

    Pay Order, Shadrach Roundy to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Alexander Mills, ca. 6 June 1843.

  6. [278]

    Pay Order, Willard Richards to William Clayton for Hyrum Smith and Others, 15 Feb. 1844.

  7. [279]

    Pay Order, Shadrach Roundy to William Clayton for Dimick B. Huntington, ca. 10 Aug. 1843.

  8. [280]

    Pay Order, William Clayton to Jonathan H. Hale for Ira Clothier, 1 Apr. 1844.

  9. [281]

    Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Joseph Smith, 9 Mar. 1844–A.

  10. [282]

    Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Joseph Smith, 9 Mar. 1844–B.

  11. [283]

    Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Hyrum Smith and Others, 14 Feb. 1845.

Go to page