August 20, 1842

Nauvoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith had a meeting with his brother Hyrum and four others; they discussed the illegal proceedings of their prosecutors.
Sources: 
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 5:119-29
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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