Receipt, Samuel Bent to Seth and Harriet Ogden Taft, 11 July 1844

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Receipt, Samuel Bent to Seth and Harriet Ogden Taft, 11 July 1844
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Samuel Bent
19 July 1778–16 Aug. 1846. Born in Barre, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. Son of Joel Bent and Mary Mason. Married first Mary Kilburn, 3 Mar. 1805, in Wendell, Franklin Co., Massachusetts. Colonel in Massachusetts militia. Lived in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts...
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, Receipt, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI, to
Seth Taft
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and
Harriet Ogden Taft
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, 11 July 1844; handwriting and signature of
Samuel Bent
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; docket in unidentified handwriting; one page; Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU. Includes archival marking.

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Received of
Seth Taft
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&
Hariot [Harriet Ogden Taft]
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his wife;— four yards of fulled Cloth, & five yds white flaniel & two yds of red flaniel; to deliver to the
building Commitee of the Temple
A committee assigned to raise funds and direct the building of the Nauvoo temple; also called the building committee or temple building committee. On 3 October 1840, Alpheus Cutler, Reynolds Cahoon, and Elias Higbee were appointed as a committee responsible...
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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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also nine & one half yards read & brown flaniel all which they send in to said
Commitee
A committee assigned to raise funds and direct the building of the Nauvoo temple; also called the building committee or temple building committee. On 3 October 1840, Alpheus Cutler, Reynolds Cahoon, and Elias Higbee were appointed as a committee responsible...
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tithing
A free-will offering of one-tenth of a person’s annual interest or income, given to the church for its use. The Book of Mormon and JS’s revision of the Bible explained that “even our father Abraham paid tithes of one tenth part of all he possessed.” Additionally...
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for the building of s[ai]d.
Temple
Located in portion of Nauvoo known as the bluff. JS revelation dated Jan. 1841 commanded Saints to build temple and hotel (Nauvoo House). Cornerstone laid, 6 Apr. 1841. Saints volunteered labor, money, and other resources for temple construction. Construction...
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Kalamzoo Grand Privia
State of Michigan
Organized as territory, 1805, with Detroit as capital. De facto state government organized within territory, 1836, although not formally recognized as state by federal government until 1837. Lansing became new state capital, 1847. Population in 1810 about...
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July the 11th 1844.—

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