February 11, 1843

Nauvoo, Illinois

At a city council meeting, Joseph Smith reproved the judges for closing the polls at six o'clock at an election the week before, "when there were many wishing to vote."

Sources:

History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 5:270

Conflict in the Countryside: The Mormon Settlement at Macedonia, Illinois Susan Sessions Rugh, BYU Studies 32:1

Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters, Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,

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