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Edward Bonney

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Edward Bonney born Edward William Bonneyhttp://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/edward-william-bonney (August 26, 1807 – February 4, 1864) was a 19th-century adventurer, miller, hotel keeper, city planner, counterfeiter, livery stable keeper, bounty hunter, private detective, postmaster, merchant, soldier, and author. [1]

72 relations: Aide-de-camp, American Civil War, American frontier, Americans, Arrest, Assault, Aurora, Illinois, Banditti of the Prairie, Bonneyville Mills, Indiana, Bounty hunter, Bristol, Indiana, Capital punishment, Carthage, Illinois, Chicago, Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints), Coinage Act of 1857, Cook County, Illinois, Council of Fifty, Counterfeit, Counterfeit money, Currency, Danite, Detective, DuPage County, Illinois, Elkhart County, Indiana, Essex County, New York, General authority, George Davenport, Ghostwriter, Glen Ellyn Downtown North Historic District, Hyrum Smith, Illinois, Indiana, Indianapolis, Iowa Territory, Joseph Naper, Joseph Smith, Law enforcement agency, Lee County, Iowa, Legal tender, List of denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement, List of members of the Council of Fifty, Livery yard, Manhunt (law enforcement), Mexico, Midwestern United States, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Mississippi River campaigns, Missouri, ..., Montrose, Iowa, Mormonism, Nauvoo Legion, Nauvoo, Illinois, New Mexico Territory, Numismatic history of the United States, Ohio, Organized religion, Outlaw, Pinos Altos, New Mexico, Postmaster, Robert H. Birch, Rock Island, Illinois, Siege of Vicksburg, St. Louis, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Theocracy, Turn state's evidence, Ulysses S. Grant, Union Army, United States Army Center of Military History, 127th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Expand index (22 more) »

Aide-de-camp

An aide-de-camp (French expression meaning literally helper in the military camp) is a personal assistant or secretary to a person of high rank, usually a senior military, police or government officer, a member of a royal family, or a head of state.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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American frontier

The American frontier comprises the geography, history, folklore, and cultural expression of life in the forward wave of American expansion that began with English colonial settlements in the early 17th century and ended with the admission of the last mainland territories as states in 1912.

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Americans

Americans are citizens of the United States of America.

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Arrest

An arrest is the act of apprehending a person and taking them into custody, usually because they have been suspected of committing or planning a crime.

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Assault

An assault is the act of inflicting physical harm or unwanted physical contact upon a person or, in some specific legal definitions, a threat or attempt to commit such an action.

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Aurora, Illinois

Aurora, a suburb of Chicago, is a city predominantly in Kane County and DuPage County, with portions extending into Kendall and Will counties.

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Banditti of the Prairie

The Banditti of the Prairie, also known as "The Banditti", "Prairie Pirates", "Prairie Bandits", and "Pirates of the Prairie", in the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and the territory of Iowa, were a group of loose-knit, outlaw gangs, during the early-mid-19th century.

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Bonneyville Mills, Indiana

Bonneyville Mills is an unincorporated community in York Township, Elkhart County, Indiana.

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Bounty hunter

A bounty hunter is a person who captures fugitives and criminals for a monetary reward (bounty).

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Bristol, Indiana

Bristol is a town in Washington Township, Elkhart County, Indiana, United States.

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Capital punishment

Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is a government-sanctioned practice whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime.

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Carthage, Illinois

Carthage is a city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)

The Church of Christ was the original name of the Latter Day Saint church founded by Joseph Smith.

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Coinage Act of 1857

The Coinage Act of 1857 (Act of Feb. 21, 1857, Chap. 56, 34th Cong., Sess. III, 11 Stat. 163) was an act of the United States Congress which ended the status of foreign coins as legal tender, repealing all acts "authorizing the currency of foreign gold or silver coins".

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Cook County, Illinois

Cook County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois.

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Council of Fifty

"The Council of Fifty" (also known as "the Living Constitution", "the Kingdom of God", or its name by revelation, "The Kingdom of God and His Laws with the Keys and Power thereof, and Judgment in the Hands of His Servants, Ahman Christ") was a Latter Day Saint organization established by Joseph Smith in 1844 to symbolize and represent a future theocratic or theodemocratic "Kingdom of God" on the earth.

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Counterfeit

The counterfeit means to imitate something.

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Counterfeit money

Counterfeit money is imitation currency produced without the legal sanction of the state or government.

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Currency

A currency (from curraunt, "in circulation", from currens, -entis), in the most specific use of the word, refers to money in any form when in actual use or circulation as a medium of exchange, especially circulating banknotes and coins.

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Danite

The Danites were a fraternal organization founded by Latter Day Saint members in June 1838, in the town of Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri.

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Detective

A detective is an investigator, usually a member of a law enforcement agency.

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DuPage County, Illinois

DuPage County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, and one of the collar counties of the Chicago metropolitan area.

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Elkhart County, Indiana

Elkhart County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Essex County, New York

Essex County is a county in the U.S. state of New York.

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General authority

In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a general authority is a member of the highest levels of leadership in the church who has administrative and ecclesiastical authority over the church.

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George Davenport

Colonel George Davenport, born George William King (1783 – July 4, 1845), was a 19th-century English-American sailor, frontiersman, fur trader, merchant, postmaster, US Army soldier, Indian agent, and city planner.

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Ghostwriter

A ghostwriter is hired to write literary or journalistic works, speeches, or other texts that are officially credited to another person as the author.

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Glen Ellyn Downtown North Historic District

The Glen Ellyn Downtown North Historic District is a historic business district in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, United States.

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Hyrum Smith

Hyrum Smith (February 9, 1800 – June 27, 1844) was an American religious leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Indiana

Indiana is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America.

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Indianapolis

Indianapolis is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County.

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Iowa Territory

The Territory of Iowa was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1838, until December 28, 1846, when the southeastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Iowa.

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Joseph Naper

Joseph Naper, also known as "Joe Naper" and "Captain Joseph Naper" (1798–1862), was an early Illinois pioneer, ship captain, shipbuilder, businessman, surveyor, state militia officer, soldier, politician, and city planner.

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Joseph Smith

Joseph Smith Jr. (December 23, 1805 – June 27, 1844) was an American religious leader and founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Law enforcement agency

A law enforcement agency (LEA), in North American English, is a government agency responsible for the enforcement of the laws.

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Lee County, Iowa

Lee County, Iowa, was established in 1836.

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Legal tender

Legal tender is a medium of payment recognized by a legal system to be valid for meeting a financial obligation.

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List of denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement

The denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement are sometimes collectively referred to as Mormonism.

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List of members of the Council of Fifty

In 1844, Joseph Smith, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, established the Council of Fifty, a Latter Day Saint organization, in order to symbolize and represent a future theocratic or theodemocratic "Kingdom of God" on the earth.

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Livery yard

A livery yard or livery stable (Great Britain, Ireland), or boarding stable (Australia, North America), is a stable where horse owners pay a weekly or monthly fee to keep their horses.

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Manhunt (law enforcement)

In law enforcement, a manhunt is an extensive and thorough search for a wanted and dangerous fugitive involving the use of police units, technology, and help from the public.

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Mexico

Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.

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Midwestern United States

The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the American Midwest, Middle West, or simply the Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2").

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States, with part of its southern border formed by the Gulf of Mexico.

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Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.

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Mississippi River campaigns

The Mississippi River campaigns were a series of military actions by the Union Army during the American Civil War in which Union troops, helped by Union Navy gunboats and river ironclads, took control of the Cumberland River, the Tennessee River and the Mississippi River, main north-south avenues of transport.

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Missouri

Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States.

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Montrose, Iowa

Montrose is a city in Lee County, Iowa, United States.

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Mormonism

Mormonism is the predominant religious tradition of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationist Christianity started by Joseph Smith in Western New York in the 1820s and 30s.

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Nauvoo Legion

The Nauvoo Legion was a state-authorized militia of the city of Nauvoo, Illinois.

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Nauvoo, Illinois

Nauvoo (etymology) is a small city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States, on the Mississippi River near Fort Madison, Iowa.

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New Mexico Territory

The Territory of New Mexico was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed (with varying boundaries) from September 9, 1850, until January 6, 1912, when the remaining extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of New Mexico, making it the longest-lived organized incorporated territory of the United States, lasting approximately 62 years.

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Numismatic history of the United States

The numismatic history of the United States began with Colonial coins and paper money; most notably the foreign but widely accepted Spanish piece of eight, ultimately descended from the Joachimsthaler and the direct ancestor of the U.S. Dollar.

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Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States.

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Organized religion

Organized religion (or organised religion—see spelling differences), also known as institutional religion, is religion in which belief systems and rituals are systematically arranged and formally established.

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Outlaw

In historical legal systems, an outlaw is declared as outside the protection of the law.

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Pinos Altos, New Mexico

Pinos Altos is a census-designated place in Grant County, New Mexico.

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Postmaster

A postmaster is the head of an individual post office.

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Robert H. Birch

Robert H. "Three-Fingered" Birch, born Robert Henry Birch (c. 1827 – c. 1866), was a 19th-century American adventurer, criminal, soldier, lawman, postmaster, and prospector.

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Rock Island, Illinois

Rock Island is a city in and the county seat of Rock Island County, Illinois, United States.

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Siege of Vicksburg

The Siege of Vicksburg (May 18 – July 4, 1863) was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), often informally known as the Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian, Christian restorationist church that is considered by its members to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ.

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Theocracy

Theocracy is a form of government in which a deity is the source from which all authority derives.

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Turn state's evidence

A criminal turns state's evidence by admitting guilt and testifying as a witness for the state against his associate(s) or accomplice(s), often in exchange for leniency in sentencing or immunity from prosecution.

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Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses Simpson Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American soldier and statesman who served as Commanding General of the Army and the 18th President of the United States, the highest positions in the military and the government of the United States.

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Union Army

During the American Civil War, the Union Army referred to the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the Union of the collective states.

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United States Army Center of Military History

The United States Army Center of Military History (CMH) is a directorate within the Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army.

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127th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The 127th Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bonney

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