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Receipts (Acknowledgments)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Hancock County, Illinois summonses

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305077]
Identifier: MSS SC 759
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed summonses for Joseph Smith, first president of the Mormon Church, and John C. Bennett, and apostle in the Mormon Church. Also included is a receipt from Emma Hale Smith, first wife of Joseph Smith, made out to Thomas Sharp.

Dates: 1841-1847
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hancock County, Illinois summonses

Nauvoo Legion printed receipt

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 800
Scope and Contents

Original and photocopy of Nauvoo Legion, printed receipt, dated 24 July 1843, No. 81, for $1.00. Signed by Wilson Law, Joseph Smith, and John S. Fulmer, paymaster. Printed with holograph signatures.

Dates: 1843 July 24
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Nauvoo Legion printed receipt

Passenger waybills, Nauvoo to Jacksonville, and Nauvoo to Quincy, Ill.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS SC 2865
Scope and Contents

Passenger waybills for the transport of Monrow Davis from Quincy, Illinois, to Nauvoo, Illinois. The item was originally purchased at Quincy, Illinois. Also included are William Houck, listed as "Houcks Boy," and E. R. Rumsey from Warsaw to Nauvoo, Illinois, paid to R. S. Robertson.



Dates: 1842
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Passenger waybills, Nauvoo to Jacksonville, and Nauvoo to Quincy, Ill.

Hugh T. Reid letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292777]
Identifier: Vault MSS 706
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter serving as a receipt for $300.00 for legal services provided by Joseph Smith (1805-1844) against a charge of rioting and treason by the state of Illinois. The document is dated April 11, 1845.

Dates: 1845
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hugh T. Reid letter

Joseph Smith Jr. receipt

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233283750]
Identifier: Vault MSS 78
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed receipt dated 11 April 1844. Smith states he received $450 from Wilson Law in partial payment of a debt.

Dates: 1844 April 11
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Smith Jr. receipt

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