November 13, 1835
Kirtland, Ohio
Joseph Smith spent the evening at Sidney Rigdon's conversing with George Messinger Jr., a Universalist minister from Bainbridge, New York, who tried to object to Joseph's teachings but was unable to say anything for "the force of truth bore him down."
Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 2:311
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