Petition from Rufus Beach and Others, 11 December 1843
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Rufus Beach and twenty-one others, Petition, , Hancock Co., IL, to Nauvoo City Council, , Hancock Co., IL, 11 Dec. [1843]; handwriting probably of Rufus Beach; signatures of petitioners; docket in handwriting of ; endorsements in handwriting of and ; one page; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL.
To the honorable the city council of the city of . We your petitioners would humbly petition your honorable boddy to appoint an Inspector of flour for the convenience of the Eastern part of said and for the convenience of the country sellers of flour as they Enter our from the East, and save the trouble of hauling said flour Down and up the hill in order for inspection— and thereby often prevent buyers from buying in this part of the to the injury of the citizens and the publick at Large— and we would recommend John Haven as a suitable person for said office a man of Integrity a good Judge of flour and universally at home— In so doing we your petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray
11th. December 1844 1843—
| Names | Names |
| Rufus Beach | |
| Joseph S. Scofield | Isaac Houston |
| Anson Beach | Mase L. Adams |
| Daniel R Williams | Dorr P Curtis |
| Daniel S Williams | Milo Andrus |
| John Evarts | |
| P. C Musick | Silas Nowell |
| A. E. Miles | Abraham Hoagland |
| Moses Olmstead | Chars. Bires |
| Hiram Mace | Abel Lamb |
| Henry E Lamoreaux | |
| A. N. Murray |
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