About April 16, 1839
Gallatin, Missouri
While traveling to Boone County under the guard of Sheriff William Morgan and four other men, Joseph Smith and his company were encouraged to escape from the guards, who then all became drunk.
Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 3:320–21
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