Ship Enrollment for Maid of Iowa, 8 March 1844

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Ship Enrollment for Maid of Iowa,
New Orleans
Settled by French, 1717. Acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803. City, port of entry, and parish seat of justice. Population in 1840 about 100,000. Important trade center on Mississippi River. Branch of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints established...
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, Orleans Parish, LA, 8 March 1844; New Orleans, LA, Certificates of Enrollment, vol. 12, p. 51; printed form with manuscript additions in unidentified handwriting; Entry P264-AB, New Orleans, LA, Certificates of Enrollment, NAID 2133240, Custom House Records, 1789–1955, Records of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, Record Group 41, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington DC.

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ENROLMENT.

PERMANENT.

Enrolment, In conformity to an ACT OF THE CONGRESS of the
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
North American constitutional republic. Constitution ratified, 17 Sept. 1787. Population in 1805 about 6,000,000; in 1830 about 13,000,000; and in 1844 about 20,000,000. Louisiana Purchase, 1803, doubled size of U.S. Consisted of seventeen states at time ...
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, entitled “An Act, for Enrolling and Licensing Ships or Vessels to be Employed in the Coasting Trade and Fisheries, and for regulating the same.”

Dan Jones
4 Aug. 1811–6 Jan. 1862. Steamboat owner and captain, farmer, mayor. Born in Flintshire, Wales. Son of Thomas Jones and Ruth. Married Jane Melling, 3 Jan. 1837, in Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales. Immigrated to U.S., ca. 1840. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois...
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of
St Louis
Located on west side of Mississippi River about fifteen miles south of confluence with Missouri River. Founded as fur-trading post by French settlers, 1764. Incorporated as town, 1809. First Mississippi steamboat docked by town, 1817. Incorporated as city...
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in the state of
Missouri
Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Latter-day Saint ...
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having taken or subscribed the Oath required by the said Act, and having sworn that he together with
Emma Smith
10 July 1804–30 Apr. 1879. Scribe, editor, boardinghouse operator, clothier. Born at Willingborough Township (later in Harmony), Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania. Daughter of Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis. Member of Methodist church at Harmony (later in Oakland...
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of
Hancock County
Formed from Pike Co., 1825. Described in 1837 as predominantly prairie and “deficient in timber.” Early settlers came mainly from mid-Atlantic and southern states. Population in 1835 about 3,200; in 1840 about 9,900; and in 1844 at least 15,000. Carthage ...
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state of
Illinois
Became part of Northwest Territory of U.S., 1787. Admitted as state, 1818. Population in 1840 about 480,000. Population in 1845 about 660,000. Plentiful, inexpensive land attracted settlers from northern and southern states. Following expulsion from Missouri...
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are

Citizen of the
UNITED STATES
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, sole owner of the Ship or Vessel, called the Maid of Iowa of
St Louis
Located on west side of Mississippi River about fifteen miles south of confluence with Missouri River. Founded as fur-trading post by French settlers, 1764. Incorporated as town, 1809. First Mississippi steamboat docked by town, 1817. Incorporated as city...
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whereof
Dan Jones
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is at present Master, and as he hath sworn is a Citizen of the
United States
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, and the said Ship or Vessel was Built at
Augusta
Located in eastern Iowa Territory, sixteen miles northeast of Nauvoo. Included two post villages: North Augusta on north bank of Skunk River and South Augusta on south bank. Settled 1833. Branch of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Augusta had...
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in the territory of
Iowa
Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803. First permanent white settlements established, ca. 1833. Organized as territory, 1838, containing all of present-day Iowa, much of present-day Minnesota, and parts of North and South Dakota. Population in...
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in the Year 1842 as per Records of the Office showing an Enrolment— No3 issued at this port on the 3d day of January 1844 Not
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TEXT: Possibly “Not”.
Now Surrendered but proof made at the Office that the same is lost or mislaid ◊◊ Charged in part and said Enrolment

Having Certified that the said Ship or Vessel has one deck and no mast and that her length is One hundred & fifteen feet her breadth Eighteen feet, four inches her depth Three feet, and that she measures Sixty and 17/95

Tons:

that she is a S[tea]m Boat has Cabin above Transom stern and Plain head;

And the said
Dan Jones
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having agreed to the description and admeasurement above specified, and sufficient security having been given according to the said act, the said Sm Boat has been duly enroled at the port of
new-orleans
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GIVEN under our hand and Seal, at the Port of
New-Orleans
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, this Eighth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty four [p. [51]]
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Ship Enrollment for Maid of Iowa, 8 March 1844
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TEXT: Possibly “Not”.