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• Legal, Business, and Financial Records (492)

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• Letter to Thomas Ford, 1 January 1844
• Letter from Joseph Coe, 1 January 1844
• Letter from Reuben McBride, 1 January 1844
• Letter to John C. Calhoun, 2 January 1844
• Deed from Charles W. and Mary Ann Bosworth Hubbard, 2 January 1844
• Deed to Cyril Call, 3 January 1844
• Promissory Note to Justis Morse, 5 January 1844
• Letter from Udney H. Jacobs, 6 January 1844
• Letter from David S. Hollister, 8 January 1844
• Letter from Dan Jones, 8 January 1844
• Letter from Thomas W. Foster, 8 January 1844
• License for Nathan Davis, 8 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for John Lytle, 8 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Stephen H. Godard, 8 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Josiah Arnold, 8 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Charles C. Rich, 8 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Daniel Carn, 8 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for John Laird, 8 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Davis McAlney, 8 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Warren Smith, 8 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Samuel Billings, 8 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Abraham Palmer, 8 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for William H. Edwards, 8 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Truman R. Barlow, 8 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Abraham C. Hodge, 8 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Levi Hancock, 8 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Armsted Moffett, 8 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Jesse Harmon, 8 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Hosea Stout, 8 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Benjamin Boice, 8 January 1844
• Letter from Francis M. Higbee, 10 January 1844
• Letter from S. C. Hopper, 10 January 1844
• Amendment to Ordinance, 10 January 1844
• Mayor’s Order to Nauvoo City Marshal, circa 10 January 1844
• Letter from Reuben Hedlock, 10–21 January 1844
• Pay Order to Edward Hunter for Mr. More, 11 January 1844
• Certification of Deed, 12 January 1844
• Petition from Robert L. Campbell and Others, 13 January 1844
• Minute Entry, Approval of Petition, 13 January 1844
• Amendment to Ordinance, 13 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Lorenzo Clark, 14 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Isaac C. Haight, 14 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Alexander Mills, 14 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for William H. Edwards, 14 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Howard Egan, 14 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Abraham Palmer, 14 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for John Lytle, 14 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Elbridge Tufts, 14 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Elijah J. Sabin, 14 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Stephen H. Godard, 14 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Hosea Stout, 14 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Andrew Lytle, 14 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for William Pace, 14 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for James Pace, 14 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Warren Smith, 14 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Charles Dolton, 14 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for John Laird, 14 January 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Armsted Moffett, 14 January 1844
• Petition from Ebenezer Robinson and Aaron Johnson, 15 January 1844
• Letter from Stephen Ross, 15 January 1844
• Letter to James H. Seymour, 16 January 1844
• Ordinance, 16 January 1844–A
• Ordinance, 16 January 1844–B
• Ordinance, 16 January 1844–C
• Minute Entry, Approval of Claims, 16 January 1844
• Petition from Inhabitants of Nauvoo Third Ward, 17 January 1844
• Letter to Reuben McBride, 18 January 1844
• Letter to Joseph Coe, 18 January 1844
• Letter to Justin Butterfield, 18 January 1844
• Petition from Inhabitants of Nauvoo Third Ward, 18 January 1844
• Deed to John Lytle, 18 January 1844
• Promissory Note to Hugh Rhodes, 19 January 1844
• Discourse, 21 January 1844, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
• Deed from Robert D. and Sarah Phinney Foster, 22 January 1844
• Letter from John Cowan, 23 January 1844
• Lease to Ebenezer Robinson, 23 January 1844
• Inventory of Property, 23 January 1844
• Account to Ebenezer Robinson, circa 23 January 1844
• Account from Ebenezer Robinson, circa 23 January 1844
• Wrapper for Lease Documents, circa 23 January 1844
• Agreement with John Taylor, 23 January 1844
• Certification of Deed, 24 January 1844
• Deed to Theodore Turley, 25 January 1844
• Letter from Edward Hobard, 29 January 1844
• Letter from Nathan B. Haswell, circa 29 January 1844
• Notice, 1 February 1844
• Subpoena to William Harris and Others, 4 February 1844 [Saunders v. Dixon]
• Receipt from Thomas Moor, circa 4 February 1844
• Deed to John Scott, 5 February 1844
• Letter from Joseph L. Heywood, 7 February 1844
• General Smith’s Views of the Powers and Policy of the Government of the United States, 7 February 1844
• Petition from Thomas Moss, 7 February 1844
• Discourse, 8 February 1844, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
• Deed to Arnold Stevens, 9 February 1844
• Affidavit, 9 February 1844 [City of Nauvoo v. Withers]
• Letter to Editor, 10 February 1844
• Deed to John Smith, 10 February 1844
• Minutes, Nauvoo Legion Committee of Revision, 26 January, 2 and 10 February 1844
• Ordinance, 12 February 1844–A
• Ordinance, 12 February 1844–B
• Minute Entry, Order, 12 February 1844
• Minute Entry, Report and Orders, 12 February 1844
• Minute Entry, Pay Order for Thomas Bullock, 12 February 1844
• Minute Entry, 12 February 1844
• Letter to Joseph L. Heywood, 13 February 1844
• Letter from Lyman Wight and Others, 15 February 1844–A
• Letter from Lyman Wight and Others, 15 February 1844–B
• Wrapper for Letters, circa 15 February 1844
• Letter from George C. Wilson, 15 February 1844
• Letter from J. J. Lugenbühl, 15 February 1844
• Letter from Lyman Littlefield, 16 February 1844
• Receipt to Newel K. Whitney, 16 February 1844
• “Pacific Innuendo,” 16–17 February 1844
• Account of Meeting, 20 February 1844, as Reported by Willard Richards
• Certification of Mortgage, 20 February 1844
• Letter from Editor, circa 21 February 1844
• Discourse, 21 February 1844, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
• Invitation from James M. Burt and Others, circa 22 February 1844
• Letter from R. T. Wyckoff, 25 February 1844
• Letter from Reuben McBride, 28 February 1844
• Petition from John Pack and Others, 28 February 1844
• Petition from Jeremiah Hatch Jr. and Others, 29 February 1844
• Letter from John E. Page, 1 March 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Josiah Arnold, 1 March 1844
• Promissory Note to Lyman Hinman, 4 March 1844
• Motion from Brigham Young, 5 March 1844
• Minute Entry, Motion, 5 March 1844
• Mayor’s Order to Nauvoo City Marshal, 5 March 1844
• Discourse, 7 March 1844–A, as Reported by Willard Richards
• Discourse, 7 March 1844–A, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
• Discourse, 7 March 1844–B, as Reported by Willard Richards
• Discourse, 7 March 1844–B, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
• Petition from John P. Herr and Others, 7 March 1844
• “A Friendly Hint to Missouri,” 8 March 1844
• Deed from James and Cynthia McClelan, 8 March 1844
• Petition from Hyrum Smith and Others, 8 March 1844
• Petition from John Barnett and Others, 9 March 1844
• Petition from George W. Crouse and Others, 9 March 1844
• Minute Entry, Approval of Claim, 9 March 1844–A
• Minute Entry, Approval of Claim, 9 March 1844–B
• Minute Entry, Motion, 9 March 1844
• Minute Entry, Approval of Claim, 9 March 1844–C
• Discourse, 10 March 1844, as Reported by Willard Richards
• Discourse, 10 March 1844, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
• Discourse, 10 March 1844, as Reported by James Burgess
• Discourse, 10 March 1844, as Reported by Franklin D. Richards
• Discourse, 10 March 1844, as Reported by John S. Fullmer
• Minutes, 10 March 1844
• Pay Order to Aaron Hoagland for John Gribble, 11 March 1844
• Deed from Sylvester B. and Charity Stoddard, 11 March 1844
• Minutes, 11 March 1844
• Authorization for Orson Pratt, 12 March 1844
• Certification of Deed, 12 March 1844–A
• Certification of Deed, 12 March 1844–B
• Authorization for Amos Fielding, 13 March 1844
• Minutes, 13 March 1844
• Minutes, 14 March 1844
• Revelation, 14 March 1844
• Letter to Alfred Randall and Others, 15 March 1844
• Blessing to John and Catherine Wilkie, 15 March 1844
• Recommendation for Lucien Woodworth, 16 March 1844
• Promissory Note to James D. Davis, 16 March 1844–A
• Promissory Note to James D. Davis, 16 March 1844–B
• Certification of Deed, 16 March 1844
• Promissory Note to Alfred Randall, 16 March 1844
• Minutes, 19 March 1844
• Resolution, Council of Fifty, 19 March 1844
• Minutes, 21 March 1844
• Claim from John P. Greene for Lovisa Comstock Snyder, 22 March 1844
• Discourse, 24 March 1844–A, as Reported by Willard Richards
• Discourse, 24 March 1844-A, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
• Discourse, 24 March 1844–B, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
• Letter from George W. Bratton, 24 March 1844
• Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 26 March 1844
• Letter from Unknown Author, 26 March 1844
• Minutes, 26 March 1844
• Authorization for Orson Hyde, 30 March 1844
• Memorial to the United States President, 30 March 1844
• Minutes, 4 April 1844
• Minutes, 5 April 1844
• Minutes and Discourses, 6–9 April 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock
• Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1844, as Reported by William Clayton
• Minutes and Discourses, 6–7 April 1844, as Published by Times and Seasons
• Discourse, 6 April 1844, as Reported by William Clayton
• Discourse, 6 April 1844, as Reported by Times and Seasons
• Discourse, 6 April 1844, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
• Discourse, 7 April 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock
• Discourse, 7 April 1844, as Reported by William Clayton
• Discourse, 7 April 1844, as Reported by Times and Seasons
• Discourse, 7 April 1844, as Reported by Willard Richards
• Discourse, 7 April 1844, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
• Discourse, 8 April 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock
• Discourse, 8 April 1844, as Reported by William Clayton
• Discourse, 8 April 1844, as Reported by Willard Richards
• Discourse, 8 April 1844, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
• Baptismal Certificate for Martha Nelson Goforth, 9 April 1844
• Charges against Harrison Sagers Preferred to the Church Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve, circa 10 April 1844
• Letter from Almon Babbitt, 10 April 1844
• Receipt to Wilson Law, 11 April 1844
• Minutes, 11 April 1844
• Discourse, 11 April 1844-A
• Discourse, 11 April 1844-B
• Minute Entry, Appointment of George Stiles, 13 April 1844
• Minute Entry, Motion, 13 April 1844
• Letter from Clark Leal, 15 April 1844
• Letter from John E. Page, 16 April 1844
• Certification of Deed, 17 April 1844
• Minutes, 18 April 1844
• Discourse, 18 April 1844
• Constitution of the Council of Fifty, circa 18 April 1844, Draft
• Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 19 April 1844
• Certification of Deed, 19 April 1844
• Letter from John Windt and Others, 20 April 1844
• Receipt to John Workman, circa 21 April 1844
• Petition from Elizabeth Taylor and Others, 22 April 1844
• Promissory Note to Isaac Chase, 24 April 1844
• Promissory Note to James Ivins, 24 April 1844
• Letter from Orson Hyde, 25 April 1844
• Minutes, 25 April 1844
• Revelation, 25 April 1844
• Letter from Orson Hyde, 26 April 1844
• Deed to William Richards, 26 April 1844
• Bond from Heber C. Kimball, 27 April 1844
• Military Order to Charles C. Rich, 29 April 1844–A
• Military Order to Charles C. Rich, 29 April 1844–B
• Military Order to John Scott, 29 April 1844
• Military Order to Hosea Stout, 29 April 1844
• Promissory Note to James Brinkerhoff, 29 April 1844–A
• Promissory Note to James Brinkerhoff, 29 April 1844–B
• Petition from Christopher Keegan, 29 April 1844
• Minute Entry, Approval of Petition, 29 April 1844–A
• Minute Entry, Approval of Claim, 29 April 1844
• Minute Entry, Remittance of Fine, 29 April 1844
• Minute Entry, 29 April 1844
• Minute Entry, Approval of Petition, 29 April 1844–B
• Minute Entry, Motion, 29 April 1844
• Letter from Orson Hyde, 30 April 1844
• Letter from William Pratt, 30 April 1844
• Petition from Edson Whipple and Others, 30 April 1844
• Petition from Josiah Butterfield and Others, 1 May 1844
• Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 3 May 1844
• List of Members, Council of Fifty, probably between 25 April and 3 May 1844
• Minutes, 3 May 1844
• Discourse, 3 May 1844
• Letter from Matthew Pine, 4 May 1844
• Letter from Washington Tucker, 4 May 1844
• Letter from Almon Babbitt, 5 May 1844
• Letter from Unknown Author, 6 May 1844
• Minutes, 6 May 1844
• Discourse, 6 May 1844-A
• Discourse, 6 May 1844-B
• Letter from David S. Hollister, 9 May 1844
• Letter from Joel Hamilton Walker, 9 May 1844
• Warrant for Arrest of Robert D. Foster, 9 May 1844
• Letter from R. A. H. McCorkle, 10 May 1844
• Letter from J. D. Pitt, 11 May 1844
• Discourse, 12 May 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock
• Discourse, 12 May 1844, as Reported by Samuel W. Richards
• Discourse, 12 May 1844, as Reported by George Laub
• Letter to Henry Clay, 13 May 1844
• Minutes, 13 May 1844
• Letter to Orson Hyde and Orson Pratt, 13 May 1844
• Poem to Barbara Neff, circa Early May 1844
• Letter to John Windt and Others, 16 May 1844
• Petition, 16 May 1844 [U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith–A]
• Letter from Almon Babbitt, 17 May 1844
• Bond to John Steed, 17 May 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Josiah Arnold, 17 May 1844
• Pay Order from Lyman Wight for Samuel Gully, 18 May 1844
• Letter from J. Browder, 20 May 1844
• License for William Austin, 20 May 1844
• Deed to James Goff, 20 May 1844
• Certification of Deed, 21 May 1844
• Account of Meeting, 23 May 1844
• Letter from John Wentworth, 25 May 1844
• Letter from Lewis Zeigler, 25 May 1844
• Letter to Orson Hyde, 25 May 1844
• Minutes, 25 May 1844
• Discourse, 26 May 1844, as Compiled by Leo Hawkins
• Letter from B. G. Weedgie, 29 May 1844
• Bond to Willliam W. Meguire, 29 May 1844
• Certification of Deed, 29 May 1844
• Letter of Introduction to Nathaniel Pope for Jeremiah Smith, 30 May 1844
• Letter from John Cowan, 31 May 1844
• Affidavit from Henry Hugins, 31 May 1844
• Minutes, 31 May 1844
• List of Members, Council of Fifty, May 1844
• Letter to Joel Hamilton Walker, 1 June 1844
• Promissory Note to Elbridge Tufts, 1 June 1844
• Letter from C. Horace, 2 June 1844
• Letter from John H. Walton, 3 June 1844
• Certification of Deed, 3 June 1844
• Letter to Abijah Tewksbury, 4 June 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Josiah Arnold, 4 June 1844
• Letter from Daniel Shearer, 5 June 1844
• Letter to Israel Daniel Rupp, 5 June 1844
• Letter from Henry Hugins, 6 June 1844
• Letter from Luther W. Hickok, 6 June 1844
• Notice, 6 June 1844
• Letter from Robert D. Foster, 7 June 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Josiah Arnold, 7 June 1844–A
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Josiah Arnold, 7 June 1844–B
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Josiah Arnold, 7 June 1844–C
• Certification of Deed, 7 June 1844
• Minute Entry, Approval of Claim, 8 June 1844
• Minute Entry, Motion, 8 June 1844
• Ordinance, 8 June 1844
• Petition from Whitford G. Wilson and Others, 8 June 1844
• Letter from Orson Hyde, 9 June 1844
• Petition from Alanson Ripley and Others, 10 June 1844
• Ordinance, 10 June 1844
• Mayor’s Order to Nauvoo City Marshal, 10 June 1844
• Military Order to Jonathan Dunham, 10 June 1844
• Discourse, 10 June 1844, as Reported by Willard Richards
• Letter from Thaddeus Keeler Sr., 10 June 1844
• Letter from Orson Hyde, 11 June 1844
• Proclamation, 11 June 1844
• Letter to Washington Tucker, 12 June 1844
• Letter to Thomas Ford, 14 June 1844
• Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Jesse Harmon, 14 June 1844
• Letter from Amos Ladd, 15 June 1844
• Agreement with Arthur Morrison and Others, 15 June 1844
• Promissory Note to John Wolf, 15 June 1844
• Discourse, 16 June 1844–A, as Reported by Thomas Bullock
• Discourse, 16 June 1844–A, as Reported by William McIntire
• Discourse, 16 June 1844–A, as Reported by George Laub
• Discourse, 16 June 1844–B, as Reported by Willard Richards
• Military Order to Hugh McFall, 16 June 1844
• Letter to Thomas Ford, 16 June 1844
• Proclamation, 16 June 1844
• Letter from Isaac Morley, 16 June 1844
• Letter to Isaac Morley, 16 June 1844
• Letter from John Smith, 16 June 1844
• Letter to Brigham Young, 17–20 June 1844
• Letter to John Smith, 17 June 1844
• Mayor’s Order to John P. Greene, 17 June 1844
• Military Order to Jonathan Dunham, 17 June 1844–A
• Military Order to Jonathan Dunham, 17 June 1844–B
• Military Order to Albert P. Rockwood, 17 June 1844
• Letter from Henry Hugins, 17 June 1844
• Discourse, 18 June 1844, as Reported by William Clayton
• Discourse, 18 June 1844, as Reported by William McIntire
• Mayor’s Order to Nauvoo City Marshal, 18 June 1844
• Military Appointment of Edward Bonney, 18 June 1844
• Letter to Henry Hugins, 18 June 1844
• Letter of Introduction from John Montague for Mr. Dodge, 18 June 1844
• Letter from Lyman Wight and Heber C. Kimball, 19–24 June 1844
• Memorandum, 20 June 1844
• Letter to Richard Ballantyne and Peter Slater, 20 June 1844
• Letter to John Tyler, 20 June 1844
• Letter from Samuel McClanathan, 20 June 1844
• Letter from Thomas Ford, 21 June 1844
• Letter to Thomas Ford, 21 June 1844
• Affidavit, 21 June 1844
• Letter from Sylvester Emmons, 21 June 1844
• Mayor’s Order to Nauvoo City Marshal, 21 June 1844
• Letter to Thomas Ford, 22 June 1844–A
• Military Order to Jonathan Dunham, 22 June 1844
• Discourse, 22 June 1844, as Reported by Alfred Bell
• Discourse, 22 June 1844, as Reported by Unknown Scribe
• Letter from Thomas Ford, 22 June 1844
• Letter to Thomas Ford, 22 June 1844–B
• Petition from James Hamilton and Others, 22 June 1844
• Letter to Emma Smith, 23 June 1844
• Letter to Thomas Ford, 23 June 1844
• Letter to Henry Hugins, 23 June 1844
• Letter to John R. Wakefield, 23 June 1844
• Letter to Edward Johnston, 23 June 1844
• Letter from Edward Johnston, 23 June 1844
• Letter from John R. Wakefield, 24 June 1844
• Letter to Thomas Ford, 24 June 1844
• Letter from Hugh T. Reid and James W. Woods, 24 June 1844
• Discourse, circa 24 June 1844, as Reported by Alfred Bell
• Discourse, circa 24 June 1844, as Reported by Unknown Scribe
• Letter to Emma Smith, 25 June 1844
• Letter to James W. Woods and Hugh T. Reid, 25 June 1844
• Letter to Thomas Ford, 26 June 1844
• Letter to Jesse B. Thomas, 26 June 1844–A
• Letter to Jesse B. Thomas, 26 June 1844–B
• Letter from Miner R. Deming, 26 June 1844
• Letter to James W. Woods and Hugh T. Reid, 26 June 1844
• Letter from William Clayton, 26 June 1844
• Letter from David S. Hollister, 26 June 1844
• Letter to Emma Smith, 27 June 1844
• Letter to Orville Browning, 27 June 1844