February 7, 1844

Nauvoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith met with his brother Hyrum and the Twelve Apostles “to devise means to promote the interests of the General Government.”
Sources: 
History of the Church,  Joseph Smith, 6:197-209
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters,  Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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