July 20, 1831

Independence, Missouri
Joseph Smith received Doctrine and Covenants 57, a revelation concerning the building up of Zion in Independence, Missouri.
Sources: 
Doctrine and Covenants 57 
Joseph Smith History A1:127–128 
Revelation, 20 July 1831 [D&C 57] 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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