About April 7, 1840
Commerce, Illinois
Talitha Garlik Avery Cheney recorded that the Prophet baptized her in the Mississippi River the evening after the Tuesday session of the Church's conference.
Sources:
Remembering Joseph: Personal Recollections of Those Who Knew the Prophet Joseph Smith, Mark L. McConkie, supplemental CD-ROM
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