Summer 1829
Palmyra, New York
Joseph Smith received Doctrine and Covenants 19, a revelation to Martin Harris concerning repentance and the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Martin was commanded to pay the debt that he had contracted with the printer for the publication of the Book of Mormon.
Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 1:72–74
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