About July 1, 1828

Manchester, New York
Joseph Smith arrived at his father's farm and learned from Martin Harris that the 116 manuscript pages of the book of Lehi had been lost.
Sources: 
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 1:20-21
History of Joseph Smith by His Mother Lucy Mack Smith, ch. 24
Joseph Smith History A-1:10 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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