About December 1, 1838
Far West, Missouri
Heber C. Kimball and Alanson Ripley were appointed by the brethren in Far West, Missouri, to visit Joseph Smith and the others in Liberty Jail "as often as circumstances would permit."
Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 3:244
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters, Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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