October 9, 1841
Nauvoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith dictated a letter to Smith Tuttle of New Haven, Connecticut. Tuttle was a land speculator who, along with Horace R. Hotchkiss and John Gilbert, had owned the largest section of land upon which Nauvoo was being built. The Church had obtained 500 acres from these men in August 1839.
Sources:
Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, Joseph Smith, pp. 529–32
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