March 5, 1834

Perrysburg, Cattaraugus County, New York
Joseph Smith and Parley P. Pratt traveled to the home of the Freeman Nickerson family in Perrysburg, New York, where they held a meeting to recruit volunteers to help the Missouri Saints return to their homes in Jackson County, Missouri.
Sources: 
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 1:420
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 2:41–42
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