Petition from E. Thompson and Others, 14 May 1842
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Source Note
E. Thompson and 36 Others, Petition, , Hancock Co., IL, to Nauvoo City Council, 14 May 1842; handwriting of E. Thompson with insertions in handwriting of Hugh Herringshaw; signatures of petitioners; endorsement and docket in handwriting of ; one page; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL.Docketing suggests that this petition was kept together with Petition from Thomas J. Brandon and Others, 11 May 1842.
City of May 14 1842
To His Honour the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the City of
A Petition to remonstrate against Hotchkiss street Street from Arlington St being opened until fall on account of having been at considerable expence to fence, plough &c to raise a crop this year and by opening said street would cause great inconvenience and loss & your petitioners would therefore humbly pray that your honourable body will not pass a Law to open said street at present and your petitioners as in duty bound will ever Pray
P S The above street lies in Lots No. 60 & 61 known as Kimballs addition to
| E Thompson | Levi Stewart |
| Hugh Herringshaw | Uriah Driggs |
| H Denison | Ralph Bachenhead |
| John Parry | C W Null |
| Benjamen Taylor | Uriah Curtis |
| Thomas Jones | Wm Field |
| David Wood | |
| Edward Thompson | Francis Homes |
| T. W. Treats | |
| C H Hales | |
| John Haven | James G. Culbertson |
| Jacob Peart | A J Clother |
| Nicholas Robson | Robert Culbertson |
| Abraham Washburn | Geo. W. Crouse |
| John E Royce | Nathaniel Jennings |
| Jackson Goodale | |
| Francis Clark | Oliver Myers |
| Samuel Hodge | |
| James Sharp | |
| Lorenzo D Driggs |
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Footnotes
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Insertion in handwriting of Hugh Herringshaw.
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Insertion in handwriting of Hugh Herringshaw.
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Signatures of petitioners.
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Endorsement in handwriting of James Sloan.
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