May 7, 1844

Nauvoo, Illinois
A printing press was purchased from Abraham Jonas by William Law, the Fosters, and the Higbees, publishers of the new Nauvoo Expositor, and arrived at the law office of Robert D. Foster.
Sources: 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters,  Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
Winter Quarters

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