Nauvoo Legion papers, 1853-1864Nauvoo LegionengThe papers, written to or by Thomas Ellerbeck during his service as Colonel of Ordnance, include records of inventories, stores of arms, ammunition, bills, receipts and commissary supplies of the Nauvoo Legion, and general order no. 12 of the United States War Department providing for the march of troops to Utah, precipitating the Utah Expedition. One document is signed by Thomas Tanner, "Captain of the Royal Artillery, Deseret." There is a pencil drawing of a cannonThomas Ellerbeck, originally from England, converted to Mormonism and came to Utah in 1851. He served as Brigham Young's clerk, as engineer for the Salt Lake City Waterworks, and as Colonel of Ordnance of the Utah militia in the Nauvoo Legion.