Pay Order, James Sloan to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Wilson Law, 30 January 1843
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, Pay Order, to Nauvoo city treasurer [], for , , Hancock Co., IL, 30 Jan. 1843; handwriting of ; endorsement in handwriting of ; notation in handwriting of ; one page; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL. Includes seal.
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I hereby Certify that the sum of twenty four dollars and fifty Cents has been this day allowed by the City Council, to be paid to , out of the City Treasury, which amount the will please pay him.— Given under my hand, & the Corporation Seal, at , Ills Jany.. 30th. 1843.—
At the 30 January 1843 Nauvoo City Council meeting, the council ordered that various city officers, including Law, be paid for their services. Notations indicate that certificates were made out to each of them. This transaction was recorded in the Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger on 4 March 1843. (Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, Nov. 1842–Jan. 1844, 6; Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 76.)
Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 1842–1845. Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845. CHL. MS 16800.