About January 15, 1831
Fayette, New York
Joseph Smith reportedly saw in vision the face of Newel K. Whitney, who would later receive Joseph and his wife, Emma, in Kirtland, Ohio.
Sources:
Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 1820–1844, John W. Welch, p. 331
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 1:146
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