[Joseph Smith] The church's newspaper Nauvoo Neighbor advertises ale and beer from the Nauvoo Brewery.
[Source: Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47, http://amzn.to/origins-power]
p.641.
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ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of the character that Jackie Gleason portrayed in a comedy skit on his old early 1960s TV program - the character of JOE THE BARTENDER.
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According to the ad (bottom of p.3, 3rd column from left), the brewery was owned by a "T.Turley" and was located at "Hyde and Water Streets."
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