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Petition from Ebenezer Jennings and Others, 17 January 1844

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Ebenezer Jennings and sixty-nine others, Petition,
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, to Mayor [JS],
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, 17 Jan. 1844; unidentified handwriting; signatures of petitioners; two pages; Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU.

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To the Hon Mayer of the City of —

We the inhab[it]ants of the 3d. Ward in said would respectfully reccommend as a proper person to sell and retail Spirituous Liquors within said Ward & would reccommed him to your Honor for Licence in the Same—

Janu[a]ry 17th 1844

Signatures of petitioners. Ebenezer Jennings	John Robinson
Thomas J Lawyer	Adam Pilkington
Samuel Simpson	John Edgar
A[ddison] Pratt 21 Feb. 1802–14 Oct. 1872. Sailor, farmer, carpenter. Born in Winchester, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire. Son of Henry Pratt and Rebekah Jewell. Married Louisa Barnes, 3 Apr. 1831, in Dunham, Lower Canada. Settled on banks of Lake Erie, in New York, where he... View Full Bio	John Barton
Austin H Loveland	Job. E. green
George Colemere	Nahum Ward
John Hill	L. W. Condit
Joshua Simpson	James Greratt
Evan Griffiths	Joseph hutton
James Wareham	Geo Ritchie
Samuel Driggs	J[ohn] Alston
Uriel Driggs	George Wardle
Shadrack Driggs	Abraham Washburn
John Pickl[e]s	G◊◊◊ [illegible]
Henry White	David Johnson
Iseral Stadard [Israel Stoddard]	J E Royce
Wm R Dixon	F[ranci]s Clark
F[ranci]s Pullin	Joseph Fring
William White	Cyrus E Bayter
Ira Clothier
Samuel White

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To the Hon Mayer of the City of —

We the inhabitants of the 3d. Ward in said would respectfully reccommend as a proper person to sell and retail Spirituous Liquors within said Ward & would reccommed him to your Honor for Licence in the Same—

January 17th 1844

Signatures of petitioners. Ebenezer Jennings	John Robinson
Thomas J Lawyer	Adam Pilkington
Samuel Simpson	John Edgar
Addison Pratt 21 Feb. 1802–14 Oct. 1872. Sailor, farmer, carpenter. Born in Winchester, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire. Son of Henry Pratt and Rebekah Jewell. Married Louisa Barnes, 3 Apr. 1831, in Dunham, Lower Canada. Settled on banks of Lake Erie, in New York, where he... View Full Bio	John Barton
Austin H Loveland	Job. E. green
George Colemere	Nahum Ward
John Hill	L. W. Condit
Joshua Simpson	James Greratt
Evan Griffiths	Joseph hutton
James Wareham	Geo Ritchie
Samuel Driggs	John Alston
Uriel Driggs	George Wardle
Shadrack Driggs	Abraham Washburn
John Pickles
Henry White	David Johnson
Iseral Stadard [Israel Stoddard]	J E Royce
Wm R Dixon	Francis Clark
Francis Pullin	Joseph Fring
William White	Cyrus E Bayter
Ira Clothier
Samuel White

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Editorial Title
Petition from Ebenezer Jennings and Others, 17 January 1844
ID #
4025
Total Pages
4
Handwriting on This Page
- Unidentified
- Ebenezer Jennings
- Addison Pratt
- Job E. Green
- Abraham Washburn
Footnotes
1. Signatures of petitioners.

Petition from Ebenezer Jennings and Others, 17 January 1844

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