November 4, 1838
Independence, Missouri
From a house in Independence where the prisoners stayed before being moved to Richmond, Joseph Smith wrote a letter to his wife Emma at Far West. "I have great anxiety about you, and my lovely children, my heart morns bleeds for the brotheren, and sisters, and for the slain people of God," he wrote.
Sources:
Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, Joseph Smith, pp. 398-404
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