July 27, 1837
Painesville, Ohio
On their journey to visit the Saints in Canada, Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Thomas B. Marsh were detained all day in Painesville, Ohio, because of malicious lawsuits.
Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 2:502
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters, Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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