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English
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Protecting Nauvoo by Illinois Charter in 1840
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Sustaining the Law : Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters
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Provo, UT
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BYU Studies
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297-308
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In December 1839, the Nauvoo High Council decided to send a petition to the Illinois State Legislature asking the state to define new boundaries for the cities of Nauvoo and Commerce and to "do all other needful acts relative to those cities." This presumably called for the legal adoption of a city charter.
This article was originally published as "A Wall to Defend Zion: The Nauvoo Charter," BYU Studies 15, no. 4 (1975): 491-97.