About April 8, 1840
Commerce, Illinois
Joseph Smith and his clerk Robert B. Thompson prepared credentials for Orson Hyde, recommending him as a worthy representative of the Church to the Jews in foreign lands. Hyde's ultimate destination was Jerusalem, Palestine.
Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 4:112–13
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