Petition from Josiah Butterfield and Others, 1 May 1844
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Source Note
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.
Document Transcript
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 honorab 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 | |
[p. [1]]
Stephen Hales Jr.
John Ellis
Cyrus A Mead
William Williams
Thos Williams
William Clark
James Wallham
Abraham Bond
Benjn Vickery
Herman McGee
George S Van Beck
Justin J Merrill
Ebenezer Jennings
J C Blandin
C C Jacobs
Francis Pullin
James Worthington
<Filed with Re[c]order>
<May 10— 1844>
<Petition of & <51> other>
<Recd. June 8th 1844>
<Laid on tabl> [p. [2]]
Footnotes
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Signatures of petitioners.
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Endorsement in handwriting of Willard Richards.
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Endorsement in handwriting of Willard Richards.
