Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Henry G. Sherwood, 1 June 1843
Source Note
JS, Pay Order, to Nauvoo city treasurer [], for , , Hancock Co., IL, 1 June 1843; handwriting of ; signature of JS; endorsements in handwriting of ; one page; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL. Includes seal.
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The of the City of , will pay eight dollars and seventy five Cents, out of any funds in the City Treasury not otherwise appropriated, which sum is the balance due him as one of the City Watch, up to this date, & was this day allowed him by the City Council of said .
Given <& Certified> at the City of , Ills., & under the Corporation Seal of said , this first day of June 1843.
On 11 March 1843, Shadrach Roundy presented a certificate to the council certifying that he, Henry G. Sherwood, and Alexander Mills had worked 8 nights as city watch and requested payment of twelve dollars each. This claim was ordered to “stand over” until the mayor was present. At the 1 June 1843 council meeting, when JS was present, Roundy, Sherwood, and Mills were each allowed twelve dollars. A notation in the minutes indicates that separate orders were issued that day. $3.25 was deducted for Roundy and Sherwood, leaving a sum of $8.75. The transaction was recorded in the Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger on 26 December 1843. (Claims from Shadrach Roundy and Others, 23 Feb. 1843; Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, Nov. 1842–Jan. 1844, 12, 17; Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 70; see also Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Shadrach Roundy, 1 Jun. 1843.)
Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 1842–1845. Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845. CHL. MS 16800.