Praecipe, 30 October 1844 [City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster]
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Source Note
, , to Circuit Court Clerk [], [, IL], 30 Oct. 1844, City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1845); handwriting of ; docket by , [, IL], [30 Oct. 1844]; notation by , [, Hancock Co., IL], 31 Oct. 1844; two pages; private possession; microfilm 1,521,606 at FHL.
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