May 6, 1842
Independence, Missouri
Joseph Smith later learned that on this date, former Missouri Governor Lilburn W. Boggs was shot and seriously wounded at his home. For several days he was not expected to live.
Sources:
LDS Church Archives, Joseph Smith Legal Papers series
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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