April 7, 1844
Nauvoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith delivered the King Follett Discourse about the nature of God and man, memorializing a friend who had died on March 9, 1844.
Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 6:302
"The King Follett Discourse: Joseph Smith's Greatest Sermon in Historical Perspective," Donald Q. Cannon, BYU Studies 18:2
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