March 11, 1840

Commerce, Illinois
Joseph Smith dictated a letter to Robert D. Foster, who had spent four months with the Prophet on his journey to the nation's capital. Foster and Joseph Smith had returned to Illinois together, after having left Sidney Rigdon in Philadelphia, Elias Higbee in Washington, D.C., and Orrin Porter Rockwell in Dayton, Ohio.
Sources: 
Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, Joseph Smith, pp. 499–500
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