March 20, 1839
Liberty, Missouri
From jail Joseph Smith dictated a letter to the Saints who had found refuge in Quincy, Illinois, and elsewhere, after they had been driven from Missouri. The letter included what is now known as Doctrine and Covenants 121, 122, and 123.
Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 3:289-303
Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, Joseph Smith, pp. 429-47
"Revelations in Context: Joseph Smith's Letter from Liberty Jail, March 20, 1839," Dean C. Jessee, John W. Welch, BYU Studies 39:3
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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