November 16, 1841
Nauvoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith dictated a letter to John M. Bernhisel in New York City. Bernhisel had sent Joseph a copy of Stephens's Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, which Joseph read with "greatest interest & pleasure."
Sources:
Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, Joseph Smith, pp. 533–34
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