Events

City of Nauvoo v. Foster: The breach of ordinance case was appealed from the Nauvoo Municipal Court. A motion to dismiss the suit was entered.

Joseph Smith sent a letter to Abijah Tewksbury of Boston, Massachusetts, who had been cut off from the Church. Joseph invited him to be rebaptized.

Joseph Smith met with Hyrum, John Taylor and others. Concluded to go to Quincy and "give up my Bonds of guardianship, etc." so that Taylor as new Guardian on behalf of Maria Lawrence and Joseph Smith in his own right could pursue Perjury and Slander actions against the Laws and Foster.

The first issue of the Nauvoo Expositor appeared, attacking the political powers in Nauvoo and specifically Joseph and Hyrum Smith.

Nauvoo City Ordinance: Established the duties of the City Attorney of Nauvoo to advise the officers within Nauvoo, to prosecute in all cases for breaches of Nauvoo City Ordinances, and to collect fines. Also established a salary of one hundred dollars annually for his services.

The Nauvoo City Council passed an ordinance declaring the Nauvoo Expositor a public nuisance, and Joseph Smith, as mayor, agreed to have that newspaper destroyed.

Nauvoo City Ordinance: Provided that if any person or persons should write or publish any false statement or libel against another citizen for the "purpose of exciting the public mind against the chartered privileges, peace, and good order of the city" or should slander another, they would be deemed disturbers of the peace and fined up to five hundred dollars, and imprisoned for up to six months.

Joseph Smith wrote a proclamation that was published in the Nauvoo Neighbor regarding the promulgation of false statements injurious to the people of Nauvoo.

Joseph Smith dictated a letter to Washington Tucker of Eldorado, Arkansas, who had written Joseph expressing interest in the Church. Joseph promised to send an elder to him as soon as the Twelve could make the necessary arrangements.

Joseph Smith was arrested by officers from Carthage and charged with riot for the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor, and he went before Justice Aaron Johnson in Nauvoo on a writ of habeas corpus. He was "honorably discharged from the accusations and of the writ."