August 8, 1838

Daviess County, Missouri
Joseph Smith met with Justice of the Peace Adam Black, who gave a written agreement to the Saints to uphold the law.
Sources: 
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 3:59-60
Joseph Smith History B1:813 
Joseph Smith, Journal, 7–9 August 1838 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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