February 25, 1844
Nauvoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith prophesied at a temple block prayer meeting that within five years the Saints would be out of the power of old enemies.
Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 6:225
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters, Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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