June 13, 1842
Springfield, Illinois
Illinois Governor Thomas Carlin commissions Joseph Smith as Justice of the Peace by virtue of his being mayor for Nauvoo.
Sources:
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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