Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Willard Richards, 22 January 1845

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Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Willard Richards, 22 January 1845
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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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, Pay Order, to Nauvoo City Collector, for
Willard Richards
24 June 1804–11 Mar. 1854. Teacher, lecturer, doctor, clerk, printer, editor, postmaster. Born at Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Joseph Richards and Rhoda Howe. Moved to Richmond, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, 1813; to Chatham, Columbia Co...
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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, 22 Jan. 1845; printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of
William Clayton
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; notation in unidentified handwriting; one page; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL.

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The City Collector will please accept this order for [blank] dollars and fifty cents, for Taxes due the City of
Nauvoo
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, and it shall apply on settlement.

Nauvoo
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, January 22 1845.

Wm. Clayton
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Treasurer.

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W[illard] Richards
24 June 1804–11 Mar. 1854. Teacher, lecturer, doctor, clerk, printer, editor, postmaster. Born at Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Son of Joseph Richards and Rhoda Howe. Moved to Richmond, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, 1813; to Chatham, Columbia Co...
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Willard Richards’s account in the ledger notes three orders on collector dated 22 January 1845 totaling $2.00. This pay order likely corresponds to one of those three orders. (Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 123.)
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Pay Order, William Clayton to Nauvoo City Collector for Willard Richards, 22 January 1845
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Willard Richards’s account in the ledger notes three orders on collector dated 22 January 1845 totaling $2.00. This pay order likely corresponds to one of those three orders. (Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 123.)