September 22, 1827
Manchester, New York
Joseph Smith received the gold plates from the angel Moroni on the hill where they were buried.Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 1:18
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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