Petition from Josiah Butterfield and Others, 1 May 1844
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and eighty-one others, Petition, , Hancock Co., IL, to Nauvoo City Council, 1 May 1844; handwriting of Rufus Beach; signatures of petitioners; endorsements in handwriting of ; two pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL.
To the honorable the city counsel of the city of Whereas your honorable body has granted the Extension of green Street beyond the surveyed limits to Kiggins Line we your petitioners therfore would humbly pray you honorable body to grant the opening of said Street two blocks North from young Street. thence East to the main street running north past s— and your petitioners as in duty bound will Ever pray City of May 1st. 1844
| Names | Names |
| Rufus Beach | |
| Hiram Marr | Debois C Godard |
| J Wm Mathes | Abel Lamb |
| James McDonald) | Moses Olmstead |
| John Allan) W.m Batson | William Brewster |
| Jacob peart | |
| Nicholas Nixon) | John Peart |
| James HaslamCharls Norhill | Wm. Milam |
| John Johnston)D Batsonford | Joseph Murdock |
| Thomas Steed) Jamie Bootsford | Levi Thornton |
| Joseph Bostock) | C A Beck |
| John Tranter) J D Burkes | Nichlas Robson |
| Edwin Booth) Wm Box | Samuel R. Aiken |
| La, F, Knight) John Wood | Samuel R Aikenn Jr |
| G G Scofild James Grobott | Nahum Ward |
| Thomas Crooks W Player | Abraham Hoagland |
| James Crooks Charles Player | Stephen Winchester, Jr |
| George Crooks Joseph Egbert | Stephen Winchester sen |
| Jothon Everts Morgan L Gardner | John Wootton |
| H G Lamoreaux | S W Condit |
| George W Nurse | Joseph Thompson |
| John Haven A. P. Murray | |
| Charles H Hales | |
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