Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Shadrach Roundy, 27 August 1842

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Pay Order to Nauvoo City Treasurer for Shadrach Roundy, 27 August 1842
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JS as mayor, Pay Order, to Nauvoo city treasurer [
John S. Fullmer
21 July 1807–8 Oct. 1883. Farmer, newsman, postmaster, teacher, merchant. Born at Huntington, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Peter Fullmer and Susannah Zerfass. Moved to Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee, spring 1832. Married Mary Ann Price, 24 May 1837...
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Shadrach Roundy
1 Jan. 1789–4 July 1872. Merchant. Born at Rockingham, Windham Co., Vermont. Son of Uriah Roundy and Lucretia Needham. Married Betsy Quimby, 22 June 1814, at Rockingham. Lived at Spafford, Onondaga Co., New York. Member of Freewill Baptist Church in Spafford...
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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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, Hancock Co., IL, 27 Aug. 1842; handwriting of
James Sloan
28 Oct. 1792–24 Oct. 1886. City recorder, notary public, attorney, judge, farmer. Born in Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. Son of Alexander Sloan and Anne. Married Mary Magill. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ordained an elder, ...
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; signatures in handwriting of
Hyrum Smith
9 Feb. 1800–27 June 1844. Farmer, cooper. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Randolph, Orange Co., 1802; back to Tunbridge, before May 1803; to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, 1804; to Sharon, Windsor Co...
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; endorsement in handwriting of
William Clayton
17 July 1814–4 Dec. 1879. Bookkeeper, clerk. Born at Charnock Moss, Penwortham, Lancashire, England. Son of Thomas Clayton and Ann Critchley. Married Ruth Moon, 9 Oct. 1836, at Penwortham. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Heber...
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; one page; JS Collection, CHL.

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City Treasurer
21 July 1807–8 Oct. 1883. Farmer, newsman, postmaster, teacher, merchant. Born at Huntington, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania. Son of Peter Fullmer and Susannah Zerfass. Moved to Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee, spring 1832. Married Mary Ann Price, 24 May 1837...
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will please pay
Shadrach Roundy
1 Jan. 1789–4 July 1872. Merchant. Born at Rockingham, Windham Co., Vermont. Son of Uriah Roundy and Lucretia Needham. Married Betsy Quimby, 22 June 1814, at Rockingham. Lived at Spafford, Onondaga Co., New York. Member of Freewill Baptist Church in Spafford...
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Roundy submitted a claim to the Nauvoo City Council dated 27 August 1842. The claim was discussed at the 26 September 1842 council meeting and was approved by a resolution on 8 October 1842. Presumably the order was written after the approval, though Sloan dated it 27 Aug. 1842. The transaction was recorded in the Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger with the date 27 August 1842. (Statement of Account from Nauvoo City Watch, 27 Aug. 1842; Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, Jan.–Nov. 1842, 41, 42; Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 66.)
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Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 1842–1845. Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845. CHL. MS 16800.
as Captain of the Night Watch of the City of
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, five hundred and thirty eight Dollars and fifty Cents, out of the funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Signatures in handwriting of Hyrum Smith.
Joseph Smith Mayor,

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H[yrum] Smith
9 Feb. 1800–27 June 1844. Farmer, cooper. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Randolph, Orange Co., 1802; back to Tunbridge, before May 1803; to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, 1804; to Sharon, Windsor Co...
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Vice Mayor

August 27th. 1842.

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James Sloan
28 Oct. 1792–24 Oct. 1886. City recorder, notary public, attorney, judge, farmer. Born in Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. Son of Alexander Sloan and Anne. Married Mary Magill. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ordained an elder, ...
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Roundy submitted a claim to the Nauvoo City Council dated 27 August 1842. The claim was discussed at the 26 September 1842 council meeting and was approved by a resolution on 8 October 1842. Presumably the order was written after the approval, though Sloan dated it 27 Aug. 1842. The transaction was recorded in the Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger with the date 27 August 1842. (Statement of Account from Nauvoo City Watch, 27 Aug. 1842; Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, Jan.–Nov. 1842, 41, 42; Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 66.)
Nauvoo City Treasury Ledger, 1842–1845. Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845. CHL. MS 16800.
Signatures in handwriting of Hyrum Smith.
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TEXT: “seal” enclosed in a hand-drawn representation of a seal.