Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for James Sloan, 1 June 1843

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Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for James Sloan, 1 June 1843
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JS, Pay Order, to Nauvoo city treasurer [
William Clayton
17 July 1814–4 Dec. 1879. Bookkeeper, clerk. Born at Charnock Moss, Penwortham, Lancashire, England. Son of Thomas Clayton and Ann Critchley. Married Ruth Moon, 9 Oct. 1836, at Penwortham. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Heber...
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James Sloan
28 Oct. 1792–24 Oct. 1886. City recorder, notary public, attorney, judge, farmer. Born in Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. Son of Alexander Sloan and Anne. Married Mary Magill. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ordained an elder, ...
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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, 1 June 1843; handwriting of
James Sloan
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; signature of JS; endorsement in handwriting of
William Clayton
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; one page; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL. Includes seal.

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The
City Treasurer
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<of the City of
Nauvoo
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,> will pay
James Sloan
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Sloan presented a claim (now not extant) to the Nauvoo City Council on 12 May 1843, which was allowed 1 June 1843 and this order written. The transaction was recorded in the Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger on 9 June 1843. (Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, Nov. 1842–Jan. 1844, 16, 17; Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 52.)
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Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 1842–1845. Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845. CHL. MS 16800.
City Recorder One hundred and fourty seven dollars and forty Cents, out of any funds in the City Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same having been this day allowed him by the City Council of said
City
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, for business done <by him> for the
City
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, in the year 1842.— Given & Certified by me, under the Corporation Seal of said
City
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, at said
City
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, this first day of June 1843.—

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TEXT: Embossed seal, “CORPORATION SEAL of CITY of NAUVOO 1840”.

Signature of JS.
Joseph Smith Mayor [p. [1]]
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Sloan presented a claim (now not extant) to the Nauvoo City Council on 12 May 1843, which was allowed 1 June 1843 and this order written. The transaction was recorded in the Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger on 9 June 1843. (Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, Nov. 1842–Jan. 1844, 16, 17; Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 52.)
Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 1842–1845. Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845. CHL. MS 16800.
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TEXT: Embossed seal, “CORPORATION SEAL of CITY of NAUVOO 1840”.
Signature of JS.