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Subpoena, 2 December 1842–A [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault]
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JS as [Mayor] and Justice of the Peace, Subpoena, to City Marshal [], for , , James Gilbert, William Thompson, Elijah Sessions, and Michael Barns, , Hancock Co., IL, 2 Dec. 1842, City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault (Nauvoo, IL, Mayor’s Court 1842); handwriting of with insertions by ; certified by JS, 2 Dec. 1842; docket and notation by , [, Hancock Co., IL], ca. 2 Dec. 1842; notations by , [ca. 2 Dec. 1842]; docket and notation by , [, Hancock Co., IL], 28 Feb. 1843; two pages; Collection of manuscripts about Mormons, Chicago History Museum. Includes seal.
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Historical Introduction
| State of Illinois) | S.S. [scilicet] |
| City of ) |
The People of the State of , to the City , or any Constable of said , Greeting:
You are hereby commanded to Summon , ,— <[James] Gilbert Wm Thompson Elijah Sessions— Michael Barns> to be and appear before me Joseph Smith one of the Justices of the peace, <& aldermen> in and for said , at my in said forthwith, then and there to give testimony, and the truth to say, touching a certain Complaint made on behalf of the against , and hereof fail not, under the penalty of the law, and have you then there this Writ.
Given under my hand and Seal this 2nd. day of Decr. 1842.—
Joseph Smith
J. P.—
Seal
/Entd/ [p. [1]]
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Insertion in handwriting of Henry G. Sherwood.
Insertion in handwriting of Henry G. Sherwood.
Signature of JS.
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TEXT: “Seal” enclosed in a hand-drawn representation of a seal.
Notation in handwriting of James Sloan.